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GO TO 2040 is metropolitan Chicago’s first comprehensive regional plan in more than 100 years and establishes coordinated strategies that help the region’s 284 communities address transportation, housing, economic development, open space, the environment, and other quality-of-life issues.
One target area of GO TO 2040 is to promote and sustain local food systems, like encouraging more urban farming and equal access to fresh, healthy foods.
Another target area hopes to expand and improve parks and open space; less than half of Chicago-area residents have adequate parks nearby.
Public policies for land use, transportation, and many other issues in the GO TO 2040 plan influence the effectiveness and sustainability of our food systems. To benefit the region’s economy and the health of its residents, GO TO 2040 addresses the separate but related factors of food production and access through policy recommendations to Federal and local policymakers. These policies would strive to eliminate food deserts and ensure that no community would be without access to fresh, healthy, local produce.
Want to get involved? Check out the GO TO 2040 Facebook!
By The Numbers
33
percent
of Latinos live within walking distance (<1 mile) of a park
