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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...
quality-of-life air-quality electric-vehicles parking public-safety public-wifi energy-use smart-connected-streets smart-city transit street land-use infrastructure

Development Guidelines

Chicago, Illinois
Utilize development guidelines in the review of proposed projects including materials, green space, parking, set-backs, etc.
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Outdoor Amphitheater Riverfront

East Peoria, Illinois
Would love to suggest a remodel of The CEFCU Center Stage at The Landing. Perhaps a covered amphitheater with 500-600 seats and a rolling hill grass lawn that can accommodate 1000 people, where they can enjoy music, theater, the symphony etc with ...
entertainment arts park public-space land-use

Reducing Parking Requirements (Bicycle/Motorcycle)

Yorkville, Illinois
If a business provides dedicated bicycle parking should the number of required off-street parking spaces be reduced? What about motorcycle parking?
visualizing-yorkville-zoning

Parking

Yorkville, Illinois
Make parking on one side of street or the other but not both. you get cars lined up on both sides it is hard to see all the way through
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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...
land-use workout fitness running public-space walking park

Add Pop-Up Street Galleries

Chicago, Illinois
Remove the awkward parking on Wabash and install Pop-Up retail spaces in colorful shipping containers that open onto the sidewalk. Fill containers with various artists and vendors for daily markets.
transforming-wabash

Museum campus transportation study

Chicago, Illinois
Given that mayor emmanuel launched the museum campus transportation study, as an employee of a museum on the campus, i would ask that traffic control and standard parking give consideration to employees of museums on the campus consideration durin...

Low Line

Peoria, Illinois
Extend the riverfront trail into the heart of the Warehouse District through the May Street corridor to tie the District and the Riverfront together. Drainage tiles installed beneath the permeable trail extension can be run directly to the river. ...
cso water public-space park infrastructure bicycling

Underpass Lighting Project: Bob Michel Bridge

Peoria, Illinois
Install artistic lighting under the Bob Michel Bridge at SW Washington Street and SW Water Street. This would turn a pedestrian barrier into a pedestrian corridor and create an interesting public space at the parking lot under the bridge in the e...
public-space

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) & acti...
water walking preservation public-space park

Permanent Dedicated Open Space

Chicago, Illinois
Advocate for permanent dedication of open space, e.g. open space between Blackhawk, Weed, Frontier, and Larrabee streets.
open-space landuse land-use park public-space

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...
north-branch-river-works

Save Chicago Bears Tailgating! Save The South Lot!

Chicago, Illinois
The proposed George Lucas Museum should NOT be built on the South Lot. The South Lot is currently utilized for Chicago Bears tailgating festivities, an important part of Chicago culture, ten times every year (more if Chicago hosts playoff games). ...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Collaborate with Parks & Councils

Chicago, Illinois
Increase collaboration of community councils with parks including establishing a Seward Park Advisory Council and encouraging collaboration with the Stanton Park Advisory Council.
open-space park

Lincoln Park Zoo

Chicago, Illinois

North Lawndale's Yellow Brick Road

Chicago, Illinois
CCA’s food forest, PermaPark, needs a walkway to create a more inviting space, direct traffic flow through the forest, create a chill space for people to hang out and to demonstrate sustainable methods of building.
land-use park public-space walking sustainability gardens

Minimize Traffic Through the Site

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Automobile and bus traffic through the redevelopment site must be minimized. Places like Best Buy have large parking structures that are not being used to capacity and could be utilized ...
north-branch-river-works

White Water Rafting

Peoria, Illinois
Posted on behalf of citizen request.
park water

Chicago River

Chicago, Illinois
I would love to see clean up and restoration of and along the Chicago River to make it safe for wildlife and recreation (i.e. biking, walking, kayaking). I am thinking, in particular, of something like the Lincoln Park Lagoon and Nature's Boardwal...
north-branch-river-works

Museum transportation study -free shuttle from mccormick west parking lot & 29th street parking

Chicago, Illinois
As a 45 yr bears season ticket holder, i strongly suggest a free shuttle be provided from mccormick hotel/mccormick west parking garage. the lot at 31st street is not big enough especially on opening day! many of us who do not tailgate, want to ...
park

Safer Streets for Our OPRF Students!

Oak Park, Illinois
Each year, more and more OPRF students are riding their bikes. Help improve the safety of the streets around OPRF (Scoville & Erie) by creating safer passage for students walking and riding bikes to school. Oak Park Village Staff has created a ...
safety bicycling public-space walking street infrastructure

It's Time for Gym at ChicagoQuest

Chicago, Illinois
My school had been in the near north area for 4 years and they have been without a gym. we have been able to use other spaces for the past 4 years. i think it time for to have our gym for basketball practice, and wellness. i have been at basket...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods building

Change for Cosme Park

Chicago, Illinois
Let’s remodel cosme park located at 1809 w 91st place. last time i visited the park, barely anything was there. the swing, slides and monkey bars were all misused so nobody visited the park. i think that if they change and rebuild the park then mo...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods park