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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
The Community Development Department provides assistance from the beginning of a project’s inception (EconomicDevelopment), through its reviewandapproval (Planning) and finally with its construction (Building). Anything being built or re-developed in the Village will interact with Community Development staff. The Community Development Department also oversees Heath and Consumer Protection and Code Enforcement.
The Community Development team includes a staff of 15 professionalandadministrativestaff. Theteamconsistsof thefollowing:BuildingOfficial,BuildingInspector,(2)Code Enforcement Officers, Health and Consumer Protection Officer,(4)BuildingPermitTechnicians,PlanningManager,
(2) Associate Planners, Zoning Administrator, Management Analyst, Business Retention and Marketing
Specialist. The Planning Manager will lead the team of 3 staff – (2) Associate Planners and Zoning Administrator in overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Planning Division.
Under the direction of the Community Development Director, the Planning Manager is responsible for the administration of the village's long-range planning, current planning, administration of village’s ordinances, technical reviews and analysis of development matters, and serves as the project manager for complex planning projects.
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Key Projects
PlanUpdatestotheComprehensivePlan,ActiveTransportationPlan,andDowntownStreetscapePlanareinvarious stages of budgeting, approval, and review
Harmony Square is a downtown development that will become a community gathering place with year-round programming and spur surrounding private development
The Boulevard is a mixed-use development consisting of first floor retail and three floors of residential apartment units – phase two coming soon!
Harlem and Vollmer Business Park is proposed on 110 acres with approximately 1,262,000 square feet of floor space over three industrial buildings
Tinley Park Mental Health Center at 280 acres in the center of town, is one of the single-largest development opportunities in the Chicagoland area
Loyola Medicine Ambulatory Care Center is a 70,000 square foot project that will host a range of medical specificities including an oncology unit and ambulatory center
191st St./ Harlem Ave. Development is land ripe for development with developer discussions underway
Marriott Hotels (Residence Inn and Courtyard) will become the Village’s 12th and 13th hotels once completed
Pete’s Fresh Market Warehouse and Store consists of expansion of an existing warehouse, a new grocery store (88,000+ sq ft) and proposed inline retail, in addition to four potential out lot developments
Oak Ridge Residential Development will include 81 detached single-family homes and 162 attached single-family townhomes developed by DR Horton
OPPORTUNITIES &CHALLENGES FOR THE PLANNING MANAGER
TheVillageofTinleyParkisforwardthinkingwhenitcomestoeconomicdevelopment,includingdowntown projectsandre-development,aswellascontinuedandnewdevelopmentinotherareasofcorporatelimits. WithfiveactiveTIFdistricts,therearecountlessopportunitiesfornewdevelopments.Asidentifiedinjusta fewoftheongoingandupcomingKeyProjectslistedabove,therearemanyexcitingprojectstobeapartof includingtheanticipatedTinleyParkMentalHealthCenterprojectwhichislikelybeaonce-in-a-careertype ofdevelopmenttobeapartof.Thedepartmentcontinuestoworktowardsestablishingnewsoftwareandan onlineportalthatwillserveasaone-stopshopforpermitsandpaymentstohelpincreaseservicelevelsduring allpointsinthedevelopmentprocess.