WILMETTE – Loyola Academy has launched “Loyola Forward 2025,” a master planning process for its campus. It has engaged The Lakota Group, a land-use planning firm located in Chicago, to lead the effort.
“Loyola Forward 2025 will look at the overall quality and character of the entire campus to create a clear, predictable and achievable direction for the school to meet the needs of its students now and into the future,” says Dennis Stonequist, assistant to the president at Loyola Academy. “To ensure that all interests and concerns are heard and addressed, our planning process will include conversations with our faculty, staff, parents and students, as well as with the Village of Wilmette, our neighbors and other community members. We are also constructing a Loyola Forward 2025 web page to update community members. The web page will be available soon.”
Key elements of Loyola’s campus master plan will address campus functionality, safety and security, access and circulation, traffic, parking, building form and massing, buffering and aesthetics.
The campus master planning effort will provide a variety of opportunities for public input and engagement throughout the process. The Loyola Academy community and local residents will be invited and encouraged to participate in what Loyola Academy intends to be a true community dialogue. The Lakota Group hopes to share with the school leadership what they have learned from the community by the end of the year.
If members of the community are interested in sharing their thoughts as part of Loyola Forward 2025, please send your name, contact information and any helpful information to info@thelakotagroup.com with the subject line Loyola Forward 2025.
Founded in 1909, Loyola Academy is a Jesuit, coeducational, college preparatory school that has been on its Wilmette campus since 1957. Our curriculum integrates the academic, spiritual, emotional and physical development of our students with an emphasis on serving others. We draw our students from approximately 90 zip codes throughout the Chicago area. In 2015–16, Loyola awarded nearly $3.8 million in need-based financial aid to approximately 25 percent of our students. This financial commitment enables students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds to attend Loyola Academy. Ninety-nine percent of our 2016 graduates are now enrolled in four-year colleges and universities.
Submitted by Loyola Academy
