Waukegan Port District Development Dialogue

The Waukegan Port District and the City of Waukegan partnered for a Developer Dialogue through the RTA as support to implement the Waukegan Port District Master Plan. The Master Plan includes various concepts for redevelopment Port District land, 1/10th of a mile from the Waukegan Metra station and several Pace bus routes, to improve the economic vitality of the waterfront and to better connect the waterfront to transit services and downtown Waukegan. Through a dialogue with developers, the Port District and City of Waukegan were given recommendations for how to identify the most beneficial and impactful method to develop the identified opportunity sites. A Final Report was created by the RTA to give the Port District and City of Waukegan clear action items that can be used to initiate redevelopment.