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2040 CRP Summary / Growth and Conservation FACING REALITY / GROWTH AND CONSERVATION While our vision for the future embraces renewal, the fact remains today that our core urban communities, such as Gary, Hammond, East Chicago and Michigan City, continue to lose population and jobs. A historical trend of high vacancy rates in our core downtown districts continues to hinder revitalization. An urgent need remains to counter this trend and spark investor confidence where it once flourished. 10.0% 9.0% 8.0% 7.0% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% Growth in Population and Total Housing Units by Decade 1990-2010 9.4% 4.2% 4.1% 8.4% People Total Units 14 Historical growth patterns indicate that, without action, the unincorporated areas of the region will continue to lose their rural character and further the spread of unsustainable sprawl. More than 20 percent of the region’s population resides in unincorporated areas. In Porter and LaPorte counties, approximately 40 percent of the population resides in unincorporated areas. Between 1992 and 2006, total land developed in the unincorporated areas of the region grew by 125 percent. Besides this, present trends forecast that job centers will remain in the urbanized areas of the region. 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0% 1980 751,413 1990-2000 2000-2010 2010 771,815 2040 941,815 Unless we are able to keep development close to our existing population centers, we will continue to consume valuable natural resources, open space and agricultural land and further degrade our quality of life. 1950 485,036 Northwest <strong>Indiana</strong> Population Change 1900 - 2040 1920 230,656
When considering the cost of transportation as part of a household budget, greater commuting distances between work and home will further erode housing affordability in Northwest <strong>Indiana</strong>. Additionally, because much of the form of this growth is occurring as low density housing (82 percent of the region’s residential areas), we are consuming land at a much higher rate than the population growth. 15
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