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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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Gateway to the Neighborhoods

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: The redevelopment of the site should involve the creation of a beautiful entrance to Lincoln Park from the expressway and from Lincoln Park to Bucktown. Public art could be included in o...
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Support Extension of Transit Service along the Entire USB24 Corridor

Washington, Illinois
Transit is already present in Washington. CityLink bus service connects Washington to Downtown Peoria via a Washington Plaza stop and additional services for those with mobility challenges starts in late summer. School buses travel through the C...
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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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New Jobs in University Village

Chicago, Illinois
The issues that are in my neighborhoods are that there is a lot of gentrification going on because of the rent going up. there are lots of things that are becoming unaffordable for people. also there are a lot of taxes at mostly every corner stor...
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How Englewood Can Become More Sustainable

Chicago, Illinois
We will explore the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago and talk about the main environmental, social, and economical issue in the neighborhood and how they can be resolved so Englewood can become a more sustainable place.
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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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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...

Civic ArtWorks

Plainfield, Illinois
We are a neighborhood building company made up of planners, designers, educators & technologists that create tools that empower citizens to play an active role in making positive change happen in the places they love. We do this by improving the w...

Park(ing) Deck

Peoria, Illinois
Decrease the cost of multiple projects and increase neighborhood vitality by combining diverse amenities into one project. The Park(ing) Deck places a green roof top of needed Warehouse District parking decks, providing protection from sun, sn...
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Amazing Movies

Chicago, Illinois
My idea is to put a theater in my neighborhood because there are many teenagers that love to hang out with friends or just chill around the area i know from experience from growing up in my area and there are no movie theaters in portage park ther...
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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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Extend the 606/Bloomingdale Trail to Connect to East Riverbank and Cortland

Chicago, Illinois
Connecting this site into the 606 was suggested by a couple other people in comments on other ideas, so I'm adding it since it's a great idea on its own. The Bloomingdale Trail could be extended east over the Chicago River to connect with a new ri...
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Encourage the development of duplexes

Antioch, Illinois
In order to improve the diversity of housing types in Antioch, the development of duplexes should be encouraged. Duplexes are small to medium-sized structures that consist of two stacked dwelling units, one on top of the other or side-by-side, bot...
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Belmont Plaza

Chicago, Illinois
In my neighborhood i would like to build a plaza where there is stores a big park and some restaurants and people would enjoy and come everyday i want a big stadium where every weekends famous singers and people would come and the entrance will be...
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Improve the aesthetics of the neighborhood

Chicago, Illinois
Giving the viaduct at barry and ravenswood a fresh coat of paint. just a flat black color, would make a big improvement!

The Charis Neighghborhood

Chicago, Illinois
My neighborhood will be a neighborhood full of better highschool a community church it will be free of gang violence and it will have better and bigger houses and apartment and more computer stores and a more fitnes center and pools and more homel...
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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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Art/Athletic/Therapy Program

Chicago, Illinois
What i plan to do for the community is to build a program in pilsen that would help benefit the kids in the neighborhood to not end up on the streets. the type of program i want to have an artistic/athletic/therapy program. the reason why i want a...
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Let's Upgrade Austin!

Chicago, Illinois
I want to build a big name grocery story in the austin area. the closest grocery store is 2.2 & 1.8 miles away . there a lot of seniors in my neighborhood , and i think they should have a closer place where they can consume goods instead of local ...
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Creating a comfort zone

Chicago, Illinois
I would like to create a new fountain similar to Fontaine de la Rotonde In the center there would be a fist and on the top painted the african colors with images of black leaders. A little description of each would be underneath. I also think tha...
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Level 1 Neighborhood Schools

Chicago, Illinois
Support school strategies designed to raise Jenner and Manierre to Level 1 elementary schools through community involvement and partnerships.
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City of Washington

Chicago, Illinois
We are proud of Washington's reputation as a vibrant community offering a high quality of life supported by excellent schools, safe neighborhoods, diverse parks and recreation offerings, and a resident population motivated by volunteerism and comm...

Nourished North

Chicago, Illinois
One thing that i would like to change about the community or a thing i’d like to add to the community would be adding more parks out of the open space by stanton park. a reason i would like to add more parks would be because the neighborhood would...
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