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Citizen-Sourced Problem Solving

Peoria, Illinois
Our City faces a number of difficult challenges, including those in the realms of infrastructure, economic opportunity, and community well-being. The municipal government works to address these challenges through its programs on a daily basis, but...
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Real-time feedback on energy use

Peoria, Illinois
Individuals, families and businesses don’t have access to real-time information about their energy consumption. On a micro scale, this data can help inform decisions ranging from changing the thermostat by one degree to large scale efficiency upgr...
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Near North Quality of Life Plan and Design Guidelines

Chicago, IL
Our vision - The Near North area is a vibrant, thriving, diverse community, built upon respect and trust. We are overcoming years of division and striving for positive change. We have the resources and talent to open new opportunities for all of...

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
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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.
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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.

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...

Resource Fairs

Chicago, Illinois
Host employment resource fairs with existing and new employers.
employment-opportunities jobs

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 ...
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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

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.
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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...

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, ...

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...

Expand resources for Latina/o businesses

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: BC Chamber | Onward House, NWSHC, 30th, 31st & 36th Wards Project Timeframe: Short-term
small-business

Senior Resource Manual

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

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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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...

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 ...

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...

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...
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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...

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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