Background
Kristi DeLaurentiis joined the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) in 2000, and is manager of local government and community relations for the Chicagoland area, promoting MPC throughout northeastern Illinois and northwest Indiana as a collaborative community partner that conducts research, provides local technical assistance, educates the public and decision makers, and advocates for policy change. She acts as liaison to communities and leaders throughout the region on issues and policy relating to transportation, environment, housing, technology, and economic development.
Kristi frequently addresses business, civic and community groups about revitalization and economic, transit-oriented and sustainable development. She helps connect local leaders with the tools and market-based strategies they need to overcome growth challenges, share lessons learned and implement best practices.
She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Governors State University, and serves on Illinois’ Digital Divide Elimination Advisory Committee, Illinois Universities Civil Service Merit Board and the Illinois Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society. She has been a member of Illinois’ Nature Preserve Commission and General Assembly’s Citizen Council on Women. Prior to joining MPC, Kristi was a consultant on legislative matters, and interned with the Illinois Director of Natural Resources and the Environment. She is active in a number of local business and government associations and grew up in the southern suburbs. She currently lives with her family in Lansing.
Articles
Northwest Indiana takes to heart Burnham’s famous appeal, “Make no little plans….”-
The Marquette Plan, Northwest Indiana’s ambitious plan to revitalize and protect its Lake Michigan shoreline, reflects many of the ideals embodied in Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago. The plan earned MPC’s prestigious Burnham Award for Excellence in Planning in 2007.
- Shift in marketplace creates opportunities
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- Changes in the marketplace create new chances for communities to transform themselves. With fewer first-time homebuyers, higher interest rates and a growing number of empty nesters wanting out of their large-lot homes, developers and municipalities turn to new products to meet market demand.
- Park Forest: the new community model
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- Campaign for Sensible Growth/Urban Land Institute-Chicago 2003 Technical Assistance Panel spawns success in south suburban Park Forest, Ill.
- Industry leaders recognize stormwater management initiative
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- The Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management’s (IAFSM) annual conference, “Equal Partners,” convened over 450 local officials and industry professionals for two days of training in Tinley Park, Ill., on March 8 and 9.
During an awards luncheon that recognized several entities and individuals for their contributions to floodplain and stormwater management practices, IAFSM honored the Metropolitan Planning Council with its 2006 Stormwater Management Award.
- MPC Voices Concerns on School Funding, Smart Growth and State Revenue Proposals at House Budget Hearing
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- Testimony delivered by MPC South Suburban Coordinator Kristi DeLaurentiis at Kankakee budget hearing
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Areas of expertise
- Community outreach
- Economic development
- Sustainable development
- Transit-oriented development
- Workforce housing
Education
M.S., Environmental Biology, Governors State University
