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Help Existing Homeowners

Chicago, Illinois
Residents who have invested in their homes and our community should not be forced to move or face foreclosure. We will work with block clubs as a fundamental neighborhood structure to identify housing and public safety issues, build trust and know...

Caring for Canaryville

Chicago, Illinois
The name of my neighborhood is canaryville. it is apart of the new city community on the south side. there is a park in my neighborhood called taylor lauridsen park. across from the playground there is an empty space not being used right now. the ...
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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...
housing

Work with block clubs to promote housing programs

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: NWSHC | Spanish Coalition for Housing, 16th and 25th Districts Project Timeframe: Short-term"
preservation housing

Don't drink the lead

Chicago, Illinois
The United States Congress banned the use of lead solder and restricted the lead content of faucets and pipes in 1986. However, homes built prior to the ban may still have plumbing that contains lead. The EPA says 10% to 20% of the typical adult’...
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Homeless Shelter

Chicago, Illinois
Cleara’s proposal hello my name is cleara, i’m making a proposal about building something that can make chicago better. i want to build a homeless shelter because there’s a lot of people don’t have a place to go with their children. i want to b...
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Expand ESL classes for parents

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: Onward Neighborhood House | St. Peter’s Church, Northwest Community Church, CPS, WCC Project Timeframe: Mid-term
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Immediate Fixes Desperately Needed for Museum Campus Access

Chicago, Illinois
I went to the MPC open house last week and it was good to talk with people, including Yonah Freemark. My hope (and goal) is to institute immediate (and relatively inexpensive) improvements to the current DISMAL public transportation situation to ...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Crowdsource energy efficiency ideas

Peoria, Illinois
Great ideas live throughout the community and are often the brainchild of users. Methods to improve energy efficiency are no exception. Crowdsourcing is a tool used to tap into the brainpower of a group of people, rather than turning to industry e...
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Public River Access

Chicago, Illinois
there's public access at the new boat house at Addison, and private access for rowers and kayakers at North Avenue, but there's no nearby public access at the river level for canoes or kayaks nearby.
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Warehouse Trolley

East Peoria, Illinois
This will help solve connectivity, storm water back up, transportation to work and retail, a great attraction, and get people to the park.
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Advocate for the Development of Model Community Anchors at Neighborhood Centers

Peoria, Illinois
Encourage development of model neighborhood centers as “community anchors,” through public-private partnerships, as a technique for stimulating and facilitating the broader redevelopment of the centers of Peoria’s urban neighborhoods. Tenants need...
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Encourage the development of courtyard housing

Antioch, Illinois
In order to improve the diversity of housing types in Antioch, the development of courtyard apartments should be encouraged. Courtyard apartments are medium- to large-sized structures that consist of multiple side-by-side and/or stacked dwelling u...
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Evaluate the Historic Preservation Ordinance

Peoria, Illinois
Ascertain that Peoria’s historic preservation ordinance is both succinct and effective in its implementation.
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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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Developer Goals - City, Ward, Area

Chicago, Illinois
Define present city, ward and area goals for developers.
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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.

Develop new homeownership housing

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: Full Circle Communities | NWSHC, 30th, 31st & 36th Wards, LISC, City of Chicago Project Timeframe: Long-term
land-use housing building

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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Organize landlords to provide quality rental options

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: NWSHC, SCH | CHA, CIC, North River Commission (NRC), 30th, 31st & 36th Wards Project Timeframe: Mid-term
housing building

Expand housing counseling to prevent foreclosure

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: NWSHC, Spanish Coalition | Financial institutions Project Timeframe: Short-term
preservation housing

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

Go Boxes for Homeless: Less Scare More Care

Reno, Nevada
The Homeless are people just like us, so they deserve to have the same rights we do. Let's make this a city initiative. We can do a city wide drive collecting mini toiletries, new socks, underwear, and more to fill our boxes. Then the "Go Boxes fo...
housing

Dunkin Donuts Project

Plainfield, Illinois
I'm currently living in Shorewood; however, my husband and I are looking to downsize and possibly relocate to Plainfield. During our house search last week, we noticed the sign on the property apparently designated for Dunkin Donuts. We made som...
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