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Planning Initiatives
The following are current planning initiatives directed by the City of Peoria.
2018 Housing Needs Assessment and Community Revitalization Plan
The City of Peoria partnered with the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) to participate in the Community Revitalization Technical Assistance Program starting in 2018.
The plans listed below were approved by City Council in 2022 for the Near Southside and East Bluff neighborhoods.
MacArthur Corridor Plan
- MacArthur Corridor Plan Pages 1 to 15 (PDF)
- MacArthur Corridor Plan Pages 16 to 32 (PDF)
- MacArthur Corridor Plan Pages 33 to 49 (PDF)
- MacArthur Corridor Plan Entire Document (PDF)
- MacArthur Corridor Revitalization Poster (PDF)
Southern Gateway Revitalization Plan
Western Avenue Revitalization Plan
The Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map for the City of Peoria are available as downloads. The Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map were approved by City Council on April 12th, 2011 and became effective on May 2, 2011.
Downloadable Files
- Comprehensive Plan Overview (PDF)
- Comprehensive Plan (PDF)
- Future Land Use Map (PDF)
- Residents Guide to the Comprehensive Plan (PDF)
Over the last several years, the City has been focused on making Downtown, the Riverfront and the Warehouse District more vibrant. The City of Peoria is currently in the process of a planning effort for the Downtown Riverfront from the Riverplex at the North to the Bob Michael Bridge to the South which will result in an active park area where a demolished platform once stood.
On April 14, 2019, a planning charrette was held to reinvigorate this visioning effort. The planning exercise allowed citizens to share thoughts and ideas and explore land use, access, transportation and parking in the larger downtown area which may affect the riverfront. On August 1, 2019, the City's consultant, TERRA Engineering, presented the conceptual ideas received from stakeholders and the public. The Community Development Department is positioning this planning effort for City Council adoption in 2023.
Natural Systems Concept
This concept is ecologically focused in its forms and functions. Understanding the flood plain of the river and planning for inevitable flooding events is critical. This plan has the least amount of parking of the concepts. The flowing form is inspired by the Illinois River. Terraced walls mixed with natural edge treatments and riparian planting bring the forms of the river to shapes of the spaces and activities of the park. Some of the amenities of the plan are a permanent concert structure, market area that doubles as parking, sports courts, and a kayak launch. (View a higher resolution image [TIFF].)
Active Recreation Concept
This concept uses the proposed active amenities to drive the direction of the plan. The form is inspired by the historic Peoria Rail System. This plan proposes sports courts as well as water interactive terrace seating and dynamic boardwalks. This plan has 1/2 - 3/4 the amount of current parking and the idea is that the parking would be developed in a resilient green design, through ecological systems that function to infiltrate and filter water while providing a shaded cooling parking lot. (View a higher resolution image [TIFF].)
Economic Growth Concept
The economic growth and revenue-generating amenities give this concept its form and direction. This concept maintains the most existing parking of the early concepts. This plan offers the addition of barges that ultimately extend the park out into the river activating the riverfront with vendors and interesting river interacting spaces. The form is inspired by the Peoria City Street Grid. (View a higher resolution image [TIFF].)
Riverfront Plan Documents
Vision: To provide a series of coordinated, focused strategies around a planned neighborhood school to create a safe, vibrant, attractive, and affordable neighborhood within an existing urban setting.
In 2008, the Safe Schools/Safe Neighborhood Sub-Committee developed the concept of the "School Neighborhood Impact Zone." This concept created a new demonstration model for neighborhood revitalization which focuses City programs and services within a two-block perimeter of a new school site.
The Zone concept was divided into four phases that include; Phase 1, The establishment of activities; Phase II, The implementation of building activities; Phase III, the development of the Glen Oak Zone Plan; and Phase IV, The implementation of the plan.
The Zone concept anticipated that each Zone Plan would address the issues and concerns unique to that Zone. The background data and input from the residents and stakeholders is gathered to create a plan unique to each Zone. Each Zone Plan will be tailored to the specific neighborhood conditions to enhance that neighborhood and the City as a whole.
The success of the Zone concept required a strong partnership between School District 150, City of Peoria, Tri-County Regional Planning, and the Community (Glen Oak Residents, business owners, landlords, faith-based organizations, and social service agencies). All involved coordinate the delivery of neighborhood improvement in conjunction with development of School District 150's new school site.
The Glen Oak Zone was chosen as a demonstration model for the implementation of the School Neighborhood Impact Zone concept which began in 2008 and will continue through 2010. The Harrison Zone will begin in 2010 to revitalize the neighborhood surrounding the site of the new Harrison School.
Downloadable Files
The Thoroughfare Plan shows the existing and future locations of freeways, expressways, principal and minor arterials, and collector streets in and near the City of Peoria. This plan was approved by City Council on January 28, 2020.
Thoroughfare Plan and Map
The Uplands Residential Association (URA) is dedicated to maintaining the historical character and beauty of the Uplands neighborhood for all property owners. An important component of this effort is to have appropriate building and zoning codes in place that provide flexibility for property owners while also preserving the unique characteristics of the neighborhood that make it desirable.
The URA conducted a two-day neighborhood design workshop on Thursday, January 30, and Saturday, February 1, 2020 to establish a form-based code along the perimeter of the Uplands and a neighborhood conservation overlay district for the interior of the neighborhood. The workshop consisted of a planning session (also known as a "charette") where Uplands stakeholders worked together with City personnel, an architect, a realtor, and an artist to determine and codify what form any future changes or development in the neighborhood will look like.