Mayor Rodney Craig, Village of Hanover Park, comments on the ULI experts involved in the Irving Park Road Corridor TAP.

Patricia Gonzalez, Principal, Parkwood Elementary School, comments on the Irving Park Road Corridor TAP.

An 11-member panel convened on August 1st and 2nd to recommend retail development strategies to the Village of Hanover Park. After two-days of fact-finding, community engagement, and panel discussion, the TAP coalesced around a set of strategies including tactics to support viable community businesses, steps to repurpose obsolete retail, and ways to leverage public investment to connect people with their community.

The panel discussion also elicited several themes with applicability to the broader region: municipal collaboration, fostering inclusive community growth, and balancing local tax policy.

Stay tuned for an announcement on the public presentation.