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Riverfront Asian Garden

Peoria, Illinois
Cultural/Museum, Park & Recreation: A 3-story Chinese Pavilion, waterfalls, bonsai landscaping and granite sculptures along the bank of the Illinois River in the Riverfront District on the East side of Water Street near the new Caterpillar Global ...
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria park

CTA Gray Line Project

Chicago, Illinois
Looking West from the new Lucas Museum site, what do you see?: http://bit.ly/UY5GvE Shiny Metra Electric trains just 500ft (less than a block) from the Museum site, and from above you can see just how close to the Museum those Metra trains presen...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Gateway to the Neighborhoods

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: The redevelopment of the site should involve the creation of a beautiful entrance to Lincoln Park from the expressway and from Lincoln Park to Bucktown. Public art could be included in o...
north-branch-river-works

Warehouse District Parking

Peoria, Illinois
The City should address parking issues in the Warehouse District to promote further development. On-street parking is adequate to meet current demand. However, with new businesses opening up this year, like Zion Coffee, and those soon to come pa...
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Warehouse District Parking

Peoria, Illinois
The City should address parking issues in the Warehouse District to promote further development. On-street parking is adequate to meet current demand. However, with new businesses opening up this year, like Zion Coffee, and those soon to come park...
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria transit infrastructure

Enhance trails & bicycle paths that connect residents to parks

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Connectivity and accessibility to the Buffalo Grove’s parks is critical to maintaining a high quality of life. Enhancement of trails and bike paths is important to accomplishing this goal.
connectivity trails walking public-space park infrastructure bicycling

Permanently remove beg buttons at crosswalks to improve walkability & prevent spread of COVID-19

Oak Park, Illinois
“Beg buttons” are located on traffic signal light polls and, when pressed by a pedestrian, trigger an eventual walk signal. Besides the fact that they prioritize car movement over pedestrian movement (drivers have no equal task), they require a pe...
beg-buttons pedestrian-safety walking street public-space infrastructure

Museum transportation study -free shuttle from mccormick west parking lot & 29th street parking

Chicago, Illinois
As a 45 yr bears season ticket holder, i strongly suggest a free shuttle be provided from mccormick hotel/mccormick west parking garage. the lot at 31st street is not big enough especially on opening day! many of us who do not tailgate, want to ...
park

Development Guidelines

Chicago, Illinois
Utilize development guidelines in the review of proposed projects including materials, green space, parking, set-backs, etc.
promote-high-quality-design buildings building

Fruit forest sculpture garden on humboldt boulevard!

Chicago, Illinois
Let's transform humboldt boulevard from a strip of dying grass and catalpa trees, into a thriving urban fruit and nut forest, filled with apple, pear, plum, cherry, pawpaw, peach, nectarine, pecan, chestnut, hickory, etc. trees!!! and let's throw ...
park

Facilitate On-Street Parking

Peoria, Illinois
Streets should be re-striped for on-street parallel parking where possible.
parking street infrastructure

CLEAN AIR: more trees in parks and less heavy through-traffic on residential streets

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Recent developments in Buffalo Grove seem to go against our most vital resource - clean air! Too many trees cut down, and quiet residential streets, where our children should be able to play safe and happy, look now like mini highways, ridden with...
walking street preservation infrastructure bicycling park

Peoria Unlimited

Peoria, Illinois
Encourage our city council, staff, and private sector to develop a large multi-use public park within the heart of our Warehouse District that could host major outdoor events akin to Chicago's Grant Park. Such a public space would enhance and soft...
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria transit public-space park

Skate for All

Chicago, Illinois
We should have a skate park near north ave. in humboldt park, because, chicagoans used to enjoy skateboarding and almost 90% of students and 80% of people are skateboarding, and we just realized that it’s hard to find an skate park here in chicag...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods plaza

EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge - North Park

Chicago, Illinois
The EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge is a program, funded by the Hive Chicago Fund at The Chicago Community Trust, that fosters student-driven campaigns that answer the question, “How can we make your neighborhood more sustainable?"

Green Playground/Food Truck Pavilion

Peoria, Illinois
A large public park with a large safe public playground highlighting the industrial feel of Peoria with water features such as a splash pad for the summer and an open area for ice skating rink for the winter. Repurpose the able structures of exist...
water park land-use

Expand after school programming for youth

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: ASM | Becoming A Man (BAM), Working On Womanhood (WOW), Girls in the Game, Mikva, CPS, Chicago Park District, Library, BuildOn, Churches Project Timeframe: Short-term
arts safety youth-programs park

More parks

Chicago, Illinois
More parks are fun
park public-space playground-equipment water-fountains

Avondale!

Chicago, Illinois
Avondale is located on the northwest side of Chicago, and its entire east side is in contact with the river, yet there is little interaction. Factories mostly border the river. For more statistics, Avondale is top tier in Chicago’s “park-poo...
transit public-space land-use housing park building

Near North Neighborhood Survey

Chicago, Illinois
Hello Near North! We are O Development Group - we develop high impact real estate in response to specific community opportunities. Before deciding on a property's highest and best use, we want to engage the community. Our team will use technology ...
preservation infrastructure bicycling housing transit walking street land-use park public-space building

Transforming Wabash

Chicago, Illinois
Wabash Avenue, once a thriving destination of commerce + activity, is a transformational opportunity in waiting. Resting between a vibrant State Street and the magnificence of Chicago's Michigan Avenue fronted Millennium Park, Wabash can again ri...

Peoria Pier

East Peoria, Illinois
Create a small partially-covered pier jutting out into the river that could act as a shared space for Spirit of Peoria riverboat docking, an access point to the small riverfront marina, viewing deck of the river or Peoria skyline, and recreation s...
tourism boating water transit preservation public-space park

Improve the Area Around the Crescent & Forest Intersection

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Reduce traffic lanes on Forest, widen sidewalks on Crescent, and screen the parking lot at Lulu’s restaurant.
land-use public-space street

Create a riverside nature park south of roosevelt & clark

Chicago, Illinois
The vacant land south of roosevelt and west of clark st. has been unused since the bend of the chicago river was straightened in 1929 (http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/300119.html). the potential to keep these acres open and natura...
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