Project sponsored by Clay, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, and Marion County Board

With the support of the:
South Central Illinois Regional Planning & Development Commission

University of Illinois, College of Fine & Applied Arts, Department of Urban & Regional Planning

University of Illinois Extension in the College of Agriculture Consumer & Environmental Sciences

Funding support provided by:
Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, South Central Illinois Regional Planning & Development Commission, and the five counties in the region

The objectives of this project are to assist the South Central Illinois Region in future visioning, and general regional and local planning using LEAM technologies, public engagement, and web based information dissemination strategies.  The results of a land-use simulations must be visualized in a number of dynamic and static, detailed and summary representations capable of being displayed in a web browser.  A web-based interface that allows users to retrieve and interact with this data is required.  This interface will serve as the mechanism through which citizens of the region will engage with and be educated by land-use simulations.  Through this engagement process it will be possible to document their opinions about the causes and effects of land-use transformation and to narrow differences and build consensus about the most appropriate future for the region.