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Big Picture

Peoria, Illinois
Mounted murals are placed on dozens of buildings throughout central Illinois drawing attention to the love, appreciation, and respect of our most needed resource, water.
water walking public-space park building street

Museum campus transportation

Chicago, Illinois
Utilize chicago's greatest feature lake michigan. there are multiple harbors on both the north side (evanston, montrose, etc) and south side (new 31st harbor, jackson, etc). also infrastructure already is in place along the chicago river encoura...

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

Helping At-Risk Youth Living in Underserved Communities

Chicago, Illinois
The current social problem that is plaguing Chicago is an abundance of high crime and violence. There has been an overwhelming amount of news reports that focus on youth violence and crime as being a major concern. To help solve this problem, "...
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More Assistance for Those Suffering from Mental Illness

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
This is has two changes that go hand in hand and need to be changed. I believe the first step is education. Education not only for the residents, but almost more importantly, our first responders. In addition to providing people with ACCURATE, ...

CBRE

Chicago, Illinois
THE WORLDWIDE LEADER IN REAL ESTATE SERVICES CBRE’s more than 75,000 professionals provide exceptional outcomes for clients in 60+ countries by combining local market insight, broad services, specialized expertise and premier tools and resources.

Pass a Racial Equity Ordinance

Peoria, Illinois
Successful city governments have the ability to ensure equitable service delivery outcomes for all city employees and city residents, regardless of age, gender, religion, country of origin, or race. Most recently in the U.S., highly publicized ...
equity infrastructure land-use housing

Pop-up Resource Fairs for the Homeless

Chicago, Illinois
The Church of the Spirit would like to host pop-up events at Fireman's Park in Logan Square where they offer homeless people a wide range of services and resources. At the event, they would offer a hot meal, canned goods, sanitary supplies, blanke...
jobs housing resources services homeless pop-up-events

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

Preserving Brooks

Chicago, Illinois
Our campaign includes us preserving Brooks lights and paper. Us as a community, teachers and students must better utilize our resources and not overuse them in order to better our environment. This is the goal of our campaign.
preservation water paper

Outreach to older adults

Chicago, Illinois
Older adults are a key component in our community and should have the resources to better navigate their lives whether living with assistance or independently. We will create an intergenerational health awareness program with older adults and lo...

LISC Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
LISC Chicago connects neighborhoods to the resources they need to become stronger and healthier. Established in 1980, LISC Chicago's flagship program, the New Communities Program, supports quality-of-life planning in low-moderate income neighborh...

Oak Park Public Library

Chicago, Illinois
Our community is the driver for everything we do. Our vision is to empower every voice in our community, and our mission is to share the information, services, and opportunities that fulfill Oak Park's aspirations of literacy, education, diversity...

Christopher B. Burke Engineering

Chicago, Illinois
Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. (CBBEL) is a full-service company that comprehensively meets the needs of both private and public sector clients. Our staff of 208 and expansive list of specializations—civil, municipal, transportation, wate...

Immediate Fixes Desperately Needed for Museum Campus Access

Chicago, Illinois
I went to the MPC open house last week and it was good to talk with people, including Yonah Freemark. My hope (and goal) is to institute immediate (and relatively inexpensive) improvements to the current DISMAL public transportation situation to ...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Improve support for new and existing businesses

Chicago, Illinois
Increasing our local Small Business Improvement Funds (SBIF) through Tax Increment Financing Districts (TIF) will provide more financial resources for small, locally owned businesses to make improvements to their stores and facades. Expanding the ...

Share Resources

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Given the campus-like nature of the site, the plan for redevelopment should consider the possibility of prospective new owners / tenants sharing resources - from high-tech machinery to se...
north-branch-river-works

Improve the performance and perception of our neighborhood high schools

Chicago, Illinois
Our neighborhood high schools are resources that have served our community for generations. As strong proponents of our neighborhood public schools, we are committed to supporting our high schools and ensuring they have the capabilities to offer o...

Senior Resource Manual

Chicago, Illinois
Provide an updated community resource manual and calendar of monthly events to seniors.
senior-living-experience

Create new opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship for residents

Chicago, Illinois
Our residents need quality jobs in our community and more opportunities to launch their own businesses. Certainly attracting new businesses to Belmont Cragin will help provide more local jobs. We will also connect local businesses to local workers...

Create a trilingual resource guide to navigate the Affordable Care Act

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: Patient Innovation Center | PrimeCare Community Health Project Timeframe: Early Action Project
immigration health

Help Existing Homeowners

Chicago, Illinois
Residents who have invested in their homes and our community should not be forced to move or face foreclosure. We will work with block clubs as a fundamental neighborhood structure to identify housing and public safety issues, build trust and know...

Mr. Dad's Father's Club (Community Center)

Chicago, Illinois
The community center will help provide resources for our youth as well as our adults in the community. The community center will also provide access to help build children SEL social emotional learning skills, Literacy,Arts,Jobs,Afterschool progra...
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Encourage public & private organizations to establish sustainable development & operating practices

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
In addition to the strides that Buffalo Grove has made in becoming more sustainable, the Village should encourage public and private organizations to undertake sustainable development and operating practices that meet the needs of the present with...
sustainability operations natural-resources economic-development environment ecology