Oak Park’s village board unanimously approved a new economic development plan for Roosevelt Road this week, but it’ll take “a lot of effort” in order for it make an impact, village leaders said.
The board heard from a team of consultants that spent the last year working on “the Roosevelt Road Corridor Plan,” the new economic development and streetscaping plan sponsored by Oak Park’s village government and the Berwyn Development Corporation. The plan will look to boost residential development, support local businesses and improve road safety and pedestrian access along the bustling thoroughfare, which serves as a defining border for suburban Oak Park, Berwyn and Cicero.
Last March, Oak Park’s village board approved $50,000 in funding for The Lakota Group, a project management and urban design firm that had helped develop Oak Park’s Pleasant District streetscaping project, to help develop the plan. Berwyn also pledged $50,000 for the study, according to village documents…