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Create business districts & neighborhood centers that enhance community identity

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Creating clearly defined business districts and neighborhood centers can heighten community identity and character. These places serve as focal points where people can gather. They can include a variety of residential choices and feature entertain...
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Build A New Park On The River Near Goose Island!

Chicago, Illinois
The problem: On blustery Winter days, my friends and I often fantasize about Summers in Chicago- hanging out by the lake, traversing Michigan Avenue, and hitting the shops in The Loop. There is one other particular idea that comes to mind every t...
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Improve Affordable Rental Housing

Chicago, Illinois
Although Belmont Cragin has many single-family homes, rental housing is an important component of our housing market. In fact, 50 percent of housing units in our community are owner-occupied while 50 percent are occupied by a renter.

Change for Cosme Park

Chicago, Illinois
Let’s remodel cosme park located at 1809 w 91st place. last time i visited the park, barely anything was there. the swing, slides and monkey bars were all misused so nobody visited the park. i think that if they change and rebuild the park then mo...
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How Englewood can Become More Sustainable

Chicago, Illinois
We will look over the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago to take a look at some environmental, social, and economical issues within the community. This project will provide realistic suggestions about how these issues can be resolved to help Englew...
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Help People from Other Countries Learn

Chicago, Illinois
Logan square is peaceful, it has a police department, and fire department. there is also the illinois centennial monument in the green space with a monument to statehood, and the logan theatre. the issue that i want to discuss is education and imm...
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Lakeview Compost Bin

Chicago, Illinois
We are Lake View High School LVIA (Lake View Innovation Academy) students, and our plan is to build a hanging compost bin that will be put outside the school next to our football field. The creation of this hanging compost bin can be used to dispo...
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Gwendolyn Brooks Prep School - EPIC Student Group I

Chicago, Illinois
Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy is a selective enrollment public high school located in the Historic Pullman District. We offer a rigorous academic program consisting of Honors, Advanced Placement, and Dual Credit course offerings. We...

Make US Business 24 a Safer Corridor for Pedestrians & Bicyclists

Washington, Illinois
Doing so can help attract more customers to adjacent businesses and improve safety and community character.
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Universal Literacy Program

Chicago, Illinois
Create a universal literacy program for students, parents and community members across all elementary schools.
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Address overcrowding in our CPS elementary schools

Chicago, Illinois
Overcrowding in our elementary schools threatens to undo the positive school culture and achievement our schools’ staff, faculty, students and families have built. Long-term plans for addressing this issue should be made in conjunction with the co...

Support the Removal of Parking Minimums from the Zoning Code

Washington, Illinois
Washington is over parked. Changes in consumer preferences have made expansive parking lots designed for annual holiday shopping excursions obsolete. In the future, these unsustainable and costly asphalt parking lots could become new development t...
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Inventory Repairs for Improvements

Chicago, Illinois
Inventory sidewalks, streets and crosswalks, alleys, and lighting that need to be repaired and improved.
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Encourage Zero-Lot Line Buildings to Strengthen New Neighborhood Centers

Washington, Illinois
The Square is a cherished, historic, place. It can also teach us lessons about creating similar spots elsewhere in the community. One of the Square’s prominent characteristics is the assembly of zero-lot line buildings (no setbacks). By coming cl...
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Open Space

Chicago, IL
Expand the amount of open space available to the community.

Gwendolyn Brooks Prep School - EPIC Student Group G

Chicago, Illinois
Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy is a selective enrollment public high school located in the Historic Pullman District. We offer a rigorous academic program consisting of Honors, Advanced Placement, and Dual Credit course offerings. We...

Gwendolyn Brooks Prep School

Chicago, Illinois
Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy is a selective enrollment public high school located in the Historic Pullman District. We offer a rigorous academic program consisting of Honors, Advanced Placement, and Dual Credit course offerings. We...

Forge Ahead

Columbus, Ohio
Forge Ahead is a community-driven plan for building world-class public transportation in Columbus. Columbus is a growing, thriving place and each citizen is working to contribute to the city’s success. Our businesses, non-profits, and public servi...

Visionsixonefour

Columbus, Ohio
Visionsixonefour is a collaborative community event with young professionals to envision the columbus of the future.

Tools to Tap Human Capital for Social Good

Peoria, Illinois
Develop technology tools that allow for better engagement of the skills, knowledge, and experience possessed by regional stakeholders to solve Greater Peoria's most intractable problems. Let's build on the work of other communities by creating ag...
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Transform Pilsen

Chicago, Illinois
Pilsen is my neighborhood and i want the best for it. families are worried about what will happen in the night because of all the gangbangers. many people are also sick and tired of the gang violence in the community. i see the violence and i wan...
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HISTORICAL JEWELERS ROW IDENTITY PROJECT

Chicago, Illinois
The three pillars of vibrant community development are Identity, Sustainability and Mobility. Identity represents a community’s historic and present day character. When we think of China town, we know exactly what we are getting, quality restauran...
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Complete a bicycle network that connects community members to each other and the region

Washington, Illinois
Washington’s recreational trail system is a great amenity, but it does not fully serve 1) all areas of the community and 2) different kinds of users. A complete trail system should provide more choices and change its character to increase safety ...
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Foster Community Creativity

Washington, Illinois
No other communities in our area have taken the initiative to invest in and foster the creativity that is present in the community. This concept would provide a hands-on space for community members to invent, collaborate, and design as they trans...
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