Rockford Region Vital Signs

Geographic Scope

Municipality, Metropolitan, Multi-County

Issue Areas

Arts and Culture, Children & Youth, Civic Engagement, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Employment, Environment, Equity, Governance, Health & Wellbeing, Housing, Infrastructure, Land Use, Poverty, Public Safety, Recreation, Social, Transportation, Population

Description

DIAGNOSING PROGRESS
A crucial component of Rockford Region Vital Signs’ process will be developing and measuring regional sustainability indicators. These sustainability measurements help the community understand the social, economic, and environmental impact (the three colored rings) of the Rockford region’s 16 different areas of sustainability. Its preventative healthcare and home-grown remedies all in one. Rockford’s process is not a point-based rating system such as those employed by LEED, which evaluates buildings or neighborhood developments on the basis of documentation at one specific point in time in order to determine a score for each applicant. Rather, the Vital Signs initiative is designed as a system in which measurements are taken at multiple times throughout the 20-year planning horizon, in order to indicate progress and determine whether adjustments in strategy are necessary.

Project URL

http://www.ourvitalsigns.com

Project Contact:

Genevieve Borich
Rockford Metropolitan Agency for Planning - Educational Organization
gborich@ourvitalsigns.com
Rockford IL USA