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'Green bonds' to help fund badly needed transit projects

Columbus, Ohio
Green bonds are similar to other bonds in that they’re debt instruments which issuers sell to investors in return for interest over the life of the bond and return of principal by the time the bond matures. What makes green bonds different is that...
forge-ahead

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

Sustainable please!

Chicago, Illinois
This is a bit of a dream, but any upgrade to make our buildings more sustainable and green. we have a beautiful and unique design, but it needs a second look to remain an important building in the future of chicago. there are some amazing ideas o...
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Bring Green City Market to the Site

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Develop a new / second home for the Green City Market on the site. Include uses / activities that would make it work within the PMD restrictions (food hub with canning / processing). Th...
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Use LEED for Neighborhood Development Standards to Guide Redevelopment

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Use the LEED-ND system to guide the redevelopment plans for the site and surrounding areas that are affected. What is LEED for Neighborhood Development? The joint venture, known as LE...
north-branch-river-works

Make the Park Near the Cumberland Blue Line Station More Accessible

River Grove, Illinois
I chose the Cumberland Blue Line Station area as my site to improve. The Blue Line Station is massive; there are 1600 parking spaces available, and it is near O’Hare International Airport. It’s also near the Des Plaines River, which winds through ...
water walking park

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

Riverfront Sculpture Garden

Peoria, Illinois
Establish a Sculpture Garden for large scale outdoor sculptures to enhance the public art and culture of Peoria. My suggestion is that this be a large park with plenty of green-space for multi-use purpose but includes these large outdoor sculptur...

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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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

StreetCar Circulator System that also Connects South Loop / Near South with Museum Campus and Canal Street Stations

Chicago, Illinois
Similar to Portland, Savannah, Cincinnati and Toronto, to both help finish out development of the South Loop / Near South Side, and to connect people to the Museum Campus have streetcar circulator system that both serves the South Loop, and create...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Pocket Park: Calumet Fisheries Environs

Chicago, Illinois
The Calumet Fisheries Environs is an open plot of abandoned land behind the famous Calumet Fishery shack. Unlike most restaurants, this store's customers buy their smoked fish and french fries inside the shack and proceed to eat in their cars. The...
water park land-use

Food Truck Court

Peoria, Illinois
Provide a gathering place with tables and restrooms in green area for food carts and food trucks. This would allow a variety of choices in a relaxed atmosphere. Rent the slips for vendors for parking. The area would be flood safe with the mobil...
food water walking public-space park bicycling

Riverfront Sculpture Garden

Peoria, Illinois
Establish a Sculpture Garden for large scale outdoor sculptures to enhance the public art and culture of Peoria. My suggestion is that this be a large park with plenty of green-space for multi-use purpose but includes these large outdoor sculpture...
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria water walking preservation public-space land-use park

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...

Be Sustainable

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Plans to redevelop the site should include a number of different sustainable practices that could be implemented. Everything should be on the table - from planting more trees to green ro...
north-branch-river-works

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

Charter Oak Dog Park

Peoria, Illinois
There is already a ton of wide open green space at Charter Oak Park. A lot of people already bring their dogs to this park to walk the beautiful trails, but the dogs must be on a leash. It would be nice if some of the flat grassy area was turned i...
dog-park land-use public-space park

Downtown Nightlife/Recreation Loop

Peoria, Illinois
Peoria has many fantastic attractions downtown, but they are very spread out, and it's difficult to get around for a night out on the town. A shuttle loop on a 5-10 minute schedule would greatly benefit local businesses and attract more visito...
green connectivity parking foot-traffic transit

Crosswalk for fulton market and halsted

Chicago, Illinois
The fulton market district is growing rapidly, with restaurants and markets attracting a lot of foot traffic, especially over the weekends. green city markets has even opened up a farmer's market at the parking lot in front of glazed and confuzed ...
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Peoria Riverfront Park

Peoria, Illinois
The City of Peoria should consider the example set by the Cincinnati Parks Department and their creation of Smale Riverfront Park. Passive/Active Recreation areas along with open green space for special events have all been considered with their ...
park

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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Public Park

Peoria, Illinois
There isn't a lot of green space in the Warehouse district. I think residents of the Warehouse district as well as those who enjoy going on walks/runs would like a peaceful corner with mature trees, park benches, and beautiful greenery to take a r...
park

public parks & pedestrian friendly measures to help reconnect spaces downtown

Columbus, Ohio
This is a great idea and initiative that Dallas has taken on in order to bridge different areas of their downtown that were cut off by freeways and/or other landmarks. It's an interesting idea where by layering and capping certain areas you can r...
forge-ahead