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Backyard Chickens In Peoria

Peoria, Illinois
Even in major urban environments like Chicago, Brooklyn and Dallas, homeowners are permitted to keep chickens in their backyards. It's time for Peoria to catch up and allow chickens in backyards across the city on a reasonable basis. Some Bene...
preservation water housing land-use

Integrated mobility app

Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is evolving a nice range of mobility options in the city center, and several have cyberpresence - in particular, COTA, Car2Go, CoGo, Uber, Yellow Cab. A smartphone-based mobility app that can suggest multimodal trips that integrate all m...
forge-ahead

Campbell Coyle

Champaign, Illinois
Catalyst for sustainable change.

HISTORICAL JEWELERS ROW IDENTITY PROJECT

Chicago, Illinois
The three pillars of vibrant community development are Identity, Sustainability and Mobility. Identity represents a community’s historic and present day character. When we think of China town, we know exactly what we are getting, quality restauran...
transforming-wabash

Transforming Concrete Puddle to a Sustainable Oasis

Chicago, Illinois
UIC has a hidden gem of a green space – but it is under-utilized due to limited seating, accessibility, and stormwater flooding issues. Help realize our vision of a sustainable, revitalized campus to build a stormwater-reducing patio, increase bio...
diversity stormwater public-space land-use infrastructure

EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge - Lake View

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?"

Sustainable please!

Chicago, Illinois
This is a bit of a dream, but any upgrade to make our buildings more sustainable and green. we have a beautiful and unique design, but it needs a second look to remain an important building in the future of chicago. there are some amazing ideas o...
building

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?"

Multi-Tiered Museum Campus Transportation Plan

Chicago, Illinois
After thorough review of your presentation from OCT 14 meeting and corresponding website of ideas for transportation updates to make access of the Museum Campus there is still glaring omission: creating a new dedicated subway line branching off fr...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Door buffered bike lanes

Peoria, Illinois
Part of a financially sustainable city is urban density. Part of a vibrant downtown is the necessity of people being outside, and out of their cars. Getting around by bicycle plays with both of these aspects, but most Peorians aren't used to this ...
transit street bicycling

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

Urban Farming

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Consider the possibility of urban farming on the site - outdoors and indoors (hydroponics and aquaponics). The Plant in the Back of the Yards neighborhood would be great example. "Found...
north-branch-river-works

Fresh Food for All

Chicago, Illinois
Growing and harvesting food from a hydroponic or aquaculture garden ensures you know from where your food came. we will host workshops for community members to teach them how to grow food using these systems. We will also build aquaponic units tha...
sustainability aquaponics hydroponics fresh-green-food

Develop Bus Rapid Transit w/ International Partners

Columbus, Ohio
The city of Curitiba, Brazil is an international model for sustainable, cost-effective public transportation. Columbus, via a sister state partnership between Ohio and the Brazilian state of Parana, already has close ties with Curitiba. The City o...
forge-ahead

EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge

Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, US Green Building Council - Illinois, and Civic ArtWorks are working together to support Chicago-area students in developing projects that answer the question: “How do you ma...

Nurture a healthy and successful urban forest

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Glen Ellyn should strive to grow and maintain a sustainable "urban forest", primarily by way of a healthy tree canopy along downtown streets, that contributes to the livability of the downtown. The trees that comprise that canopy would be recogniz...
park public-space open-space placemaking

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

Sharrows (on street bike symbol)

Peoria, Illinois
Part of a financially sustainable city is urban density. Part of a vibrant downtown is the necessity of people being outside, and out of their cars. Getting around by bicycle plays with both of these aspects, but most Peorians don't feel like ...
transit street bicycling