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Build a New Street within the Warehouse District

Peoria, Illinois
Transform an existing service alley into New Street, lined with storefronts and galleries.
retail walking preservation public-space land-use infrastructure street building

Create a central source for adaptive reuse incentives

Peoria, Illinois
If created, the Downtown Development Organization should be the central source of information, guidance and assistance to owners and developers who are interested in development incentives. A digital and print booklet should be created that lists ...
preservation adaptive-reuse development-incentives

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...
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria preservation public-space land-use park

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...
north-branch-river-works

Lakeview Compost Bin

Chicago, Illinois
We are Lake View High School LVIA (Lake View Innovation Academy) students, and our plan is to build a hanging compost bin that will be put outside the school next to our football field. The creation of this hanging compost bin can be used to dispo...
park preservation street composting fertilizing

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’...
housing land-use preservation water lead-water toxic-waste lead-poison

Bus stop shlters

Columbus, Ohio
Forge should work with COTA to implement more bus stop shelters around Columbus. Having a shelter while waiting for a bus preserves dignity, protects riders from elements, and gives an especially safe space for the disabled or elderly. An example ...
forge-ahead

Preserve / Adaptively Reuse Significant Historic Resources

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: 25-35% of the buildings within the PMD must be reused / adapted. Preservation of the Cortland Bridge, the railroad swing bridge, as well as the Finkl signage should be considered as well.
north-branch-river-works

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"
preservation housing building

Make Washington a Hub for Regional Art & Culture

Washington, Illinois
The Square has always been the perfect backdrop. A community of artists, musicians, writers, and other creatives (existing + new) can grow there with the right support and then branch out into the rest of the community in the future.
creative-class creatives writers musicians music artists art public-space preservation

Creating Efficient Homes in the Pullman Community

Chicago, Illinois
With this project we plan to not only create jobs for teenagers in the Pullman area but also make Pullman houses more efficient. Our goal is to make these homes more Eco-friendly and affordable for the Pullman residents with house improvements.
housing preservation jobs teenagers pullmanchicago ecofriendly

RiverFit

Peoria, Illinois
Develop a fitness trail along the west bank of the Illinois River including a hard-surfaced path wide enough for biking, rollerblading, running and walking (6" wide) that runs along the river, east of SW Water Street. This trial would include exer...
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria walking preservation public-space land-use infrastructure park

CLEAN AIR: more trees in parks and less heavy through-traffic on residential streets

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Recent developments in Buffalo Grove seem to go against our most vital resource - clean air! Too many trees cut down, and quiet residential streets, where our children should be able to play safe and happy, look now like mini highways, ridden with...
walking street preservation infrastructure bicycling park

Conserve Water , Sprout Life

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

Evaluate the Historic Preservation Ordinance

Peoria, Illinois
Ascertain that Peoria’s historic preservation ordinance is both succinct and effective in its implementation.
policy governance preservation infrastructure housing public-space park building

Make the Park Near the Cumberland Blue Line Station More Accessible

River Grove, Illinois
I chose the Cumberland Blue Line Station area as my site to improve. The Blue Line Station is massive; there are 1600 parking spaces available, and it is near O’Hare International Airport. It’s also near the Des Plaines River, which winds through ...
water walking park

B.Y.O.B (Build Your Own Boulevard)

Chicago, Illinois
We are creating a design for one the Chicago Boulevards. We are focusing on increasing the overall appeal of the Boulevard in an eco-friendly manner to encourage people to utilize it for positive purposes.
green-spaces beautification building public-space water housing bicycling park walking transit street preservation land-use infrastructure

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

education

Chicago, Illinois
we need to change people education
land-use park preservation water

Power In The Murals

Chicago, Illinois
In the North Lawndale area we want to have something that is a reflection of our community. We want visual art to be in place of the Independence Day Square fountain. This space will also be a place where people can have friendly social encounters...
visual-art neighborhood public-space walking land-use preservation park

Promote the development of the Peoria Design Center

Peoria, Illinois
The concept for the Design Center draws on opportunities for broadening existing building industry and warehousing uses in the district to incorporate more of a design and showroom component. The center would become a hub for design professionals,...
building land-use preservation retail adaptive-reuse showrooms

Latin United Community Housing Association

LUCHA was founded in 1982 by residents of Humboldt Park, West Town and Logan Square to combat displacement and preserve affordable housing in the community. Since its founding, LUCHA has helped more than 68,000 low-to-moderate income families ren...

Treasures of the earth

Chicago, Illinois
We recently worked together as a School and created a Hugelkultur bed outside in the food forest. This inspired us as a school to look more into it, and learn more facts about it, and more details.
land-use park public-space preservation garden permaculture food-forest

Make the Warehouse District a Local Historic District

Peoria, Illinois
Not only would such a district minimize demolition, the historic designation provides incentive opportunities for preservation and adaptive reuse, which are often critical to revitalization.
adaptive-reuse historic-district preservation building