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City of Monticello Embarking on Strategic Planning

As groups, businesses and municipalities come out of COVID, strategic planning may become the norm.

 

Among those embarking on strategic planning and comprehensive planning is the City of Monticello. Director of Community Development Callie McFarland indicates the City is due for an update in those areas.

 

 

While many areas of Illinois lost population in the last decade, Monticello was not one of those. While McFarland believes sometimes the narrative of people leaving Illinois is a bit overplayed, she also points out Monticello is a great place to live and work.

 

 

Long-term planning will be a part of the planning process. She explains it's a balance of assessing the needs of the community and aiming for attainable goals that are not too lofty and not too far in the future.

 

 

Improving community recreation has been on the radar of the City in the last few years. Additionally, new school facilities and new developments in various parts of the community have all gone up in recent years.

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