The Chicago City Council approved a new ward map and it has changed the boundaries of the 49th Ward.  The new 49th Ward, which will not go into effect until after the March 20, 2012 election, brings much of the Rogers Park community into the ward.  I for one am happy with the outcome.  Working with our local elected officials I am happy to say that the 2010 re-map process has been good for the 49th Ward.  We have the entire 49th Ward in one State Senate and State Representative district and we now have a very large portion of the Rogers Park community in the ward.  Any new map is a crap shoot.  One only needs to look to the 2nd Ward or the 36th Ward to see how much things can change.

Here is an interactive map provided by WBEZ, our great local public radio outlet, for the new 49th Ward.

And here is a map of the 14th State Representative District and the top half of the 7th State Senate District, provided by State Representative Kelly Cassidy, which has the same boundary lines.