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  Kendall County lays out long-term development vision by adopting 20-year comprehensive plan.
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  Written by Eric Shelkov. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlett. Kendall County officials have adopted a
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  new comprehensive plan that will be use, to guide the county.
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  Growth and development. Kendall County Board unanimously approved on September 15th the
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  Vision Kendall Comprehensive Plan, which establishes a 20-year vision to guide future
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  growth, development, land use, infrastructure, and community investment throughout the county.
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  It replaces the County land resources management plan, which had guided county
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  planning decisions since 1994. This is the end of a very long
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  successful project, said Kendall County Board Member Seth Wormley, who also is
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  a member of The
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  Kendall
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  County Regional Plan Commission during the meeting. There has been an incredible
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  amount of public engagement where the public was able to share their
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  thoughts. We're pretty proud of the work we have done to get
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  to this point. The 18-month planning process included extensive community engagement.
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  Kendall County Regional Plan Commission, Chairman Keith Landovitz agreed with Wormley that
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  it is the right time to update the county's comprehensive plan, especially
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  given the growth the county continues to see. I believe that it
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  accurately represents the current conditions, needs, and opportunities of the county, and
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  sets out a suitable vision for the county's orderly development, Landovitz said.
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  He also said he was grateful to all the local officials of
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  the various local government bodies who contributed To
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  the plan and helped us bring it into harmony with the plans
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  of their local jurisdictions. The new plan includes updated population projections, a
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  new map for municipal boundary agreements, and additional details on the Kendall
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  County broadband project. Officials have said large portions of Kendall County do
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  not have access to quality high-speed internet connectivity. To address this problem,
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  the county entered into an agreement with Foxfiber, a non-profit entity that
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  will build and operate a broadband network across Kendall County, providing more
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  than 3,000 additional locations with high-speed internet access. Other updates
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  to the plan include strengthened strategies for trail and solder farm development,
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  an updated scenic routes inventory and revised future land use, economic development,
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  alternative energy and transportation maps based on feedback. To view the VisionKendall
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  Comprehensive Plan, go to VisionKendall.org.