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Ice Skating Rink and Carousel

Peoria, Illinois
Downtown Peoria, including the Riverfront, lacks family friendly, low cost, activities and venues. Skating and a carousel provide destination activities for all ages.
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Installing and Supplying a Shed for the Northside Community

Chicago, Illinois
In the past, Northside featured a shed in our backyard. Students used it to store shovels, hoses, wheelbarrows, and other supplies needed for their outdoor endeavors. In the summer of 2017, however, this shed was taken down, along with its content...
building infrastructure land-use public-space gardening agriculture

City Beach

Peoria, Illinois
Peoria (and the Illinois River in general) doesn't have a nice public beach. Convert Riverfront Village to an urban sand dune landscaped with native Illinois grasses. Emphasis would be not only on providing a beach for enjoying good weather, and...
connectivity community-improvement conservancy water preservation public-space park land-use

Fitness Trail along Logan Square Boulevards

Chicago, Illinois
To encourage people to enjoy the boulevards, we propose to set up fitness trail through the system in Logan Square. Many residents already run along the boulevards, and these 20 stations would be spread out to enhance a cardio exercise. Additional...
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Largest Fresh Water Aquarium

East Peoria, Illinois
Create the largest freshwater aquarium attraction in central United States. The attraction would feature primarily fish that are native to central United States. This attraction would draw families to the riverfront.
land-use building preservation

Improve the Area Around the Crescent & Forest Intersection

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Reduce traffic lanes on Forest, widen sidewalks on Crescent, and screen the parking lot at Lulu’s restaurant.
land-use public-space street

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

Pedestrian Bridge across the river

Peoria, Illinois
The walkway would connect downtown Peoria and East Peoria with a unique feature that could enhance tourist activity and draw more people regularly to the riverfront. It would provide easy access from both sides of the river to the various attracti...
water land-use public-space park walking bicycling

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
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Tourism & Cultural Economic Development

Chicago, Illinois
Join us as we discuss the opportunities and developments taking place on the South Side under the broader umbrella of Tourism and how we can use "Cultural Economic Development" to socially and economically develoment pur communities.
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Conserve Water , Sprout Life

Chicago, Illinois
To collect rain water , Preserve plant life and change the enviorment.
land-use park preservation water recycling

Movie night under the bridge

Peoria, Illinois
This idea includes projecting a movie onto the concrete support structures under the bridge. People could bring blankets and chairs to watch in the moonlight.
land-use infrastructure public-space

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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Light up the 74 bridge and have a one of a kind zip line for summer fun.

Peoria, Illinois
The Peoria riverfront has no visual appeal and this would give a little life to it. Zip lines are a very fun activity and could draw people into the downtown area making way for an place to have a food truck court while people zip line overhead do...
land-use park

Watercraft Recreation

Peoria, Illinois
Attract vendors that will provide watercraft recreation in the downtown. This could be located at Detweiller Marina and offering kayaks, canoes, paddle boats & rowing crew boats rentals.
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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...
land-use transit water

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

Downtown Riverfront Park

Peoria, Illinois
Reclaim most of the downtown riverfront for a large linear park along the Illinois River. My suggestion is to acquire commercial property currently on the east-side of SW Water Street and turn it into a park for passive (open green space) & active...
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Downtown Riverfront

Peoria, Illinois
If the idea is to create a park along the riverfront, features that draw people in to the park & surrounding area are important such as splash pads/areas for kiddos, dog parks, paved trails, shaded areas for picnics & hammocks, art installations, ...
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Utilize Guidelines

Chicago, Illinois
Utilize guidelines for set-backs and landscaping that will will improve the streetscape.
open-space land-use

Backyard Chickens In Peoria

Peoria, Illinois
Even in major urban environments like Chicago, Brooklyn and Dallas, homeowners are permitted to keep chickens in their backyards. It's time for Peoria to catch up and allow chickens in backyards across the city on a reasonable basis. Some Bene...
preservation water housing land-use

Creating Smarter Infrastructure

Peoria, Illinois
Cities across the globe are beginning to leverage public infrastructure such as lamp posts to serve multiple purposes. The result is a network of "connected streets" can improve the lives of the city's users while creating more efficient and effec...
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Train Museum

Peoria, Illinois
Posted on behalf of citizen per request.
building park land-use public-space transit

Feeding the Community the Healthy Way

Chicago, Illinois
Educating the Community about Growing and Eating Naturally Grown Foods
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