Coordinating Planner Chicago Department of Public Health Chicago, Illinois
With leadership and strategic guidance from community-led environmental justice organizations, Chicago’s citywide Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) provided data on how environmental burdens and other stressors vary. This session will discuss tips and tools that supported community co-design and leadership within the project structure, including approaches within the scoping phase and community outreach to understand community context. This session will also share considerations for planners, including the role of land use and public health in facilitating equitable outcomes as well as how a planner could move forward on a spectrum of community engagement. Our CIA website offers more detail on deliverables produced during this process: chicago.gov/cumulativeimpact.