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RIDGELAND: CONNECT
UPP 557 | BERWYN
RIDGELAND: CONNECT
UPP 557 | BERWYN
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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats Introduction The densest community in Illinois, Berwyn’s landscape quickly produces a multitude of conditions for further analysis. An overview of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats yeilds awareness of the issues that planners can help mitigate, facilitate, and correct. These points also emerge as identifiers of Berwyn corridors that are ripe for spatial interventions.
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Local job growth Decline in several sectors Low educational attainment Residential to Commercial ratio Auto-dependence Flooding vulnerabilities Unattractive streets & commercial areas Limited economic development capacity
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Geographic location Access to Downtown Chicago Density Affordable real estate Attractive neighborhoods Cultural Diversity
North/South community tension Climate change effects Availability of developable land Reliance on outside communities for employment • Gentrification and inequitable residential growth management
Spillover growth from Chicago Walkability - 15 minute city Vertical growth Cultural diversity
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