MAPPING the Future of Your Community - Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs

Information

The MAPPING the Future of Your Community program is a strategic visioning and planning process whereby local residents of rural communities create a long-range vision for the economic development of their community and a plan of action for achieving it. Read more about us...

Community Highlights

Stewardson Haunted Barn and Trail to receive Governors Hometown Award
Stewardson's Haunted Barn and Trail, one of many projects coming out of Stewardson's MAPPING program, is receiving the 2011 Governor's Hometown Award.

News & Happenings

MAPPING Helps Grow Communities
Communities throughout Illinois are looking at ways to boost themselves, attract new businesses, and encourage population growth.
Group Helping LeRoy with Downtown Plan
St. Joseph holds first MAPPING meeting
St. Joseph keeps momentum for community development thriving by holding a MAPPING update program to review goals set forth in the original program, evaluate progress and update goals accordingly.
MAPPING Program is Making a Difference in Shelby County
The first in a series of three articles examining the implementation of the MAPPING program in Havana, Dietrich, Nauvoo, Strasburg, Stewardson, Windsor, and Shelbyville.

Trainings & Workshops

Pros and Cons of Tax Increment Financing TIF in Small Communities
December 8, 2011, Stewardson, IL