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New Housing for All Income Levels

Chicago, IL
To encourage the development of new housing that serves all income levels and maintains the diversity of the neighborhood.

A "Jurassic Park"

Chicago, Illinois
By extracting dinosaur DNA from ancient mosquitoes, we could create a preserve for actual dinosaurs. Some kind of theme park with attractions around the dinosaurs could be a real boon to the neighborhood (tourism, jobs, etc.) Not sure how this wou...
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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...
retail public-space land-use housing building

Garfield Park Youth Center

Chicago, Illinois
Crime is an issue. the reason is cause garfield park have a lot of gangbangers hanging out on the streets. my idea for my neighborhood is that we build a youth center and a store. the store will provide food to children and a place where people ca...
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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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EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge - North Park

Chicago, Illinois
The EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge is a program, funded by the Hive Chicago Fund at The Chicago Community Trust, that fosters student-driven campaigns that answer the question, “How can we make your neighborhood more sustainable?"

Create a Western Avenue Neighborhood Center

Peoria, Illinois
Create a neighborhood center at the intersection of Western and Lincoln, as a coordinated infill project.
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Forge Columbus

Chicago, Illinois
Forge Columbus strengthens community business in Columbus. We invest in entrepreneurs who want to build a better city by providing business services, access to capital, and promotion of their community mission to a local and national audience. Ou...

Expand educational workshops and opportunities for parents in CPS

Chicago, Illinois
Examples: Parent mentor and parent university programs Project lead | Partners: CPS | Community First Medical Center, Libraries, Onward Neighborhood House, NWSHC Project Timeframe: Short-term
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Regenerate Chicago Neighborhoods

Chicago, Illinois
Regenerate Chicago Neighborhoods is a high school curriculum focused on civic engagement, activism, and service learning. Students build a better understanding of built and natural environments and learn how they can be active change agents. The c...

Permanent grocery stores for the neighborhood

Chicago, Illinois
The story of my neighborhood so where i live ( which is south shore drive ) is a very neutral place,filled with children and moms, and corner liquor stores.my new idea is that we make a place/plaza for a grocery store that stays there and can neve...
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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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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...
cso transit public-space park land-use infrastructure housing building

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 ...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods park

Open a Belmont Cragin neighborhood community center

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: NWSHC | 30th, 31st & 36th Wards, CPS, LSC, Block Clubs, Churches Project Timeframe: Long-term
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Create a Neighborhood Improvement Program (NIP)

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: 30th, 31st & 36th Wards | NWSHC, NRC, Belmont Central Chamber of Commerce Project Timeframe: Mid-term"
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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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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...

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...
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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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Senior Living Experience

Chicago, IL
To Promote a vibrant senior living experience in the Near North neighborhood.

Historic Self-Guided Tour

Chicago, Illinois
We want to get people out to the historic boulevards on a self-guided historical/architectural tour. A signed tour will help to educate the members of our community about our neighborhood. Signs explaining specific sites, their historical signific...
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Restoring Community Through the Boulevards

Chicago, Illinois
We want to better utilize this section of the boulevard to create a public meeting space. A space to be used for festivals, neighborhood restorative dialogues, peace keeping and as a demonstration of environmental responsibility for our neighborhood.

Sight plaza

Chicago, Illinois
The idea i have for a plaza is a place one can relax and cool down. it should be filled with poetry and beauty, things that fill the heart with love. statues with poems on them in the center. something similar to this was made in a train station a...
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