Waukegan Redevelopment in the News

Waukegan’s Master Plan, A 21st Century Vision for Waukegan’s Downtown and Lakefront, has been the recipient of two prestigious awards, including:

• the 2005 Burnham Award, presented by the Metropolitan Planning Council
• the 2005 Award for Excellence, presented by the Congress for the New Urbanism

Look below for more stories about Waukegan’s redevelopment program!

• "Condo building to set pace for Waukegan development" (393Kb PDF File)
• "Waukegan lauded for downtown vision" (113Kb PDF File)
• "Wanted: More yuppies; Waukegan hopes to lure young professionals to aid image, revival" (82Kb PDF File)
• "Lakefront Plan Snares Award" (189Kb PDF File)
• "Waukegan Aims to Shed 'Yucky" Label" (1.55Mb PDF File)
• "A Welcome Addition to Waukegan "
• WBEZ story about the new Robert Morris College Art Gallery in the Genesee Theatre - Streaming audio and article