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2 dozen Normal projects showing progress under strategic plan

Jacob Smith is administrative analyst for the Town of Normal. He presented an overview of the strategic plan at Monday's council meeting.
Braden Fogerson
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WGLT
Jacob Smith, administrative analyst for the Town of Normal, presented an overview of the strategic plan at Monday's council meeting.

Most of the projects listed in the Town of Normal's strategic plan have made gains since the plan was implemented in 2023.

Administrative analyst Jacob Smith updated the town council on the status of the 2023 strategic plan at its meeting Monday. The plan largely focuses on projects scheduled to be completed in the next three years, but also includes some longer range projects tied to water, sewage and roads not expected to be finished until around 2032.

“We plan our work and we work our plan on behalf of staff,” said Smith.

The town grouped tasks by both routine and complex and then by short term and long term. Tasks of the short-term variety include increasing civic engagement, updating municipal codes and completing a second fire station. Long-term goals include evaluating streets and roads for repairs, deploying the city’s Smart City plan and preparing for a third fire station.

Normal formally adopted the plan in early 2023 with a goal of revisiting the blueprint three to four years later. Smith said all but four of the 28 projects listed in the strategic plan have seen progress thus far.

Those four longer-range projects include the third fire station, a new Normal Public Library, a new police station and a special census to keep track of housing changes in Normal.

Also Monday, the town council approved a series of general orders related to infrastructure improvements at the Rivian electric vehicle plant, and approval of a final plat for a new subdivision west of Rivian Motorway.

Braden Fogerson is a correspondent at WGLT. Braden is the station's K-12 education beat reporter.