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Create a new Neighborhood Development Corporation

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: NWSHC | 30th, 31st & 36th Wards Project Timeframe: Long-term
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Develop a West Main Street Bio-Research Campus

Peoria, Illinois
Develop a bio-research campus as an in-fill project and a key component to re-developing the West Main Street corridor.
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Develop Bus Rapid Transit w/ International Partners

Columbus, Ohio
The city of Curitiba, Brazil is an international model for sustainable, cost-effective public transportation. Columbus, via a sister state partnership between Ohio and the Brazilian state of Parana, already has close ties with Curitiba. The City o...
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Community Dashboard

Peoria, Illinois
Develop and launch a Community Dashboard for the City's Strategic Priorities that tracks and shares progress towards achieving community goals.
strategy continuous-improvement performance accountability community open-government public-engagement transparency

Create an oversight organization that supports downtown Peoria development

Peoria, Illinois
While the Warehouse District has the potential to become a thriving, urban neighborhood, it can benefit from a collective effort to promote all of downtown Peoria as the heart of the community and region. The distinct areas of the downtown core, i...
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Whitman Street Interchange Project

Rockford, Illinois
Let’s remove the Whitman Interchange and open up this 25-acre area for residential and commercial development. It would be replaced with a standard street system that would connect the existing neighborhoods with downtown, Madison Street, the Riv...
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Regenerate Neighborhoods

Chicago, Illinois
A new high school curriculum focused on civic engagement, activism and service learning within the context of neighborhood planning, design, development and governance. Regenerate Neighborhoods was the 2016 American Planning Association (Illinois...

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...

Rooftop Development

Peoria, Illinois
Provide roof top environments. Either through restaurant seating or residential terraces.
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Conduct Development Review for Project Approval

Chicago, Illinois
Conduct Development Review process to ensure community input in the design and approval of new projects.
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City center trolleys

Columbus, Ohio
Light rail transit serves to move people long distances across the city, such as commuters from the suburbs to the city center. In contrast, trolleys or streetcars serve to move people within the city center. In a sense, trolleys are pedestrian ...
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Avondale Riverwalk

Chicago, Illinois
The section of the Chicago River around Avondale is largely unused, and many businesses are lined up along the river. This is problematic as many residents of Avondale wish to have greater access to the River. My idea would be to turn the riverf...
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Uber model for city services

Peoria, Illinois
With decreasing revenues and increasing demand for public services, the City is challenged to meet the evolving needs of citizens. Could an interactive mobile application, similar to the Uber technology platform, be leveraged to provide on-demand ...
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Minimize the visual presence of residential garages

Antioch, Illinois
Attached garages that are entered from the side of the house or detached garages that are set back from the front of the house can minimize or eliminate the impact of a garage-dominated front facade. Reducing the visibility of the garage can impro...
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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 ...
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Development Opportunities for Community Economic Development

Chicago, IL
Work to identify development opportunities for local retail, services, and restaurants to fulfill the needs of the community and promote economic development opportunities for local residents.

EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge

Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, US Green Building Council - Illinois, and Civic ArtWorks are working together to support Chicago-area students in developing projects that answer the question: “How do you ma...

Develop a Parking Management District

Peoria, Illinois
Like a public utility, a parking management district would be empowered to coordinate the location and allocation of the plentiful existing parking.
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