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After work learning and socializing

Chicago, Illinois
Everyone loves school! Right? Guys? Hello? But if one of the social clubs started offering informal four or eight week master classes, maybe in cooperation with area colleges, people could meet other local singles while learning about beer making ...
transforming-wabash

Provide Better Access to the River

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Make it easier to get to in order to encourage greater usage by nearby residents and employees and patrons of nearby businesses.
north-branch-river-works

Exclude small businesses from Downtown Parking District off-street parking requirements

Antioch, Illinois
Instead of spending money on designated parking spaces for their customers beyond on-street parking, downtown business owners would have the freedom to invest in their products, services, and the spaces in which they sell them. This would also pro...
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Install new banners along commercial corridors

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: BC Chamber | NWSHC, Local Businesses Project Timeframe: Early Action Project
small-business public-space infrastructure street

Adult Mentorship & Internship Programs

Chicago, Illinois
Establish partnerships for adult mentorship and paid internship programs in which local organizations and businesses provide a ladder of successful entrepreneurial skills to local residents.
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"Shark Tank"

Chicago, Illinois
Host a "Shark Tank" funding opportunity for local entrepreneurs and new businesses that would serve the neighborhood.
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Nurture a healthy and successful urban forest

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Glen Ellyn should strive to grow and maintain a sustainable "urban forest", primarily by way of a healthy tree canopy along downtown streets, that contributes to the livability of the downtown. The trees that comprise that canopy would be recogniz...
park public-space open-space placemaking

Expand resources for Latina/o businesses

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: BC Chamber | Onward House, NWSHC, 30th, 31st & 36th Wards Project Timeframe: Short-term
small-business

Residential Uses Above Businesses

Yorkville, Illinois
Should residential uses be permitted above retail in the B-1, B-2, and B-3 Districts?
visualizing-yorkville-zoning

Urban Housing

Peoria, Illinois
Support the development of downtown housing in the Warehouse District. Establish incentives that will encourage residential development in a compact area sufficient to create economies of scale sufficient to support residential service businesses ...
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria housing

Jeff-up Jefferson Park

Chicago, Illinois
My proposal is to change jefferson park. even though jefferson park is a fairly peaceful place in north chicago i still feel that changes can be and should be made. my name is benjamin koptik and i’ve lived in jefferson park all of my life and i h...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods

Pedestrian maps that are a feat of design and data

Columbus, Ohio
Pedestrian maps encourage people to walk, and physical activity in a good thing, especially in obesity-ridden America. Research in London found that people took the Tube for short rides that, when you factor in wait time, end up taking longer than...
forge-ahead

The Petcoke Fields of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
The City of Chicago is allowing the Koch Brothers to dump their petcoke dust right next to the river. This affects both the water quality and the living quality of the people in the surrounding area. The problem stems from the fact that petcoke is...
water public-space land-use

Improve our commercial corridors as a retail and dining environment

Chicago, Illinois
We can help existing companies and bring in new ones by making our business districts more inviting—improving the physical infrastructure and addressing public safety concerns. Physical enhancements to streetscapes, sidewalks and public spaces can...

Attract Investors to Build a Plastics Recycling Operation in Peoria

Peoria, Illinois
The proposed budget for 2020 paints a grim picture of the market for plastics, despite a 10% increase in Peoria residents using curbside recycling. Multi-national corporations, such as Unilever, Coca-Cola, and Pepsi, are trying to get to 100% rec...

Clean up commercial corridors

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: BC Chamber, SSA2 | 30th, 31st & 36th Wards, Local Businesses Project Timeframe: Short-term
small-business public-space infrastructure bicycling street

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

Encourage the development of live/work housing

Antioch, Illinois
In order to improve the diversity of housing types and incubate new local businesses in Antioch, the development of live/work housing should be encouraged. Live/work units are small- to medium-sized attached or detached structures consisting of on...
missing-middle-housing multi-family workshops startups small-business live-work commercial residential land-use building housing

Develop New Live/Work Units to Increase Housing Options

Washington, Illinois
Live/work units are small to medium-sized attached or detached buildings that consist of one dwelling unit above or behind a ground floor space that can be used for a wide range of business uses. Typically, the residence has a different street-lev...
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Small Business Program(s)

Peoria, Illinois
Undertake a Small Business Needs Assessment and use the results to develop a targeted Small Business Program to provide business training, educational events, and coaching to empower small business owners and entrepreneurs to grow existing and new...
business-education economic-opportunity small-business entrepreneurship

City of Washington

Chicago, Illinois
We are proud of Washington's reputation as a vibrant community offering a high quality of life supported by excellent schools, safe neighborhoods, diverse parks and recreation offerings, and a resident population motivated by volunteerism and comm...

Celebrate and Expand Jeweler’s Row

Chicago, Illinois
Jeweler’s Row is the place to buy your engagement and wedding rings. Why can’t it also be the place you get married, buy tuxes and gowns, and celebrate all of the matrimonial festivities? Let’s attract other wedding- related businesses to Jeweler’...
transforming-wabash

Public Safety/Ambassador Program

Peoria, Illinois
Provide for Downtown Ambassadors: many cities have individuals on the streets performing municipal services such as sidewalk cleaning, graffiti removal, waste receptacle emptying, landscape maintenance, and directional assistance to visitors. Usu...
walking

Forge Columbus

Chicago, Illinois
Forge Columbus strengthens community business in Columbus. We invest in entrepreneurs who want to build a better city by providing business services, access to capital, and promotion of their community mission to a local and national audience. Ou...