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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

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

Expanded Urban Forestry Initiatives

Peoria, Illinois
Build upon current urban forestry efforts to create a more robust street tree program that restores and increases urban canopy. Measure and report the results in terms of stormwater runoff reduction, adjacent property value increases, air quality ...
smart-city resilient-city sustainability environment green-infrastructure heat-island urban-forestry trees stormwater water public-space park infrastructure land-use street

Campbell Coyle

Champaign, Illinois
Catalyst for sustainable change.

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

Community Conversations

Chicago, Illinois
If public green spaces, like our food forest, had multiple seating areas then more people could discuss and learn about sustainability and methods for how they can address global warming issues.
land-use park public-space preservation walking

EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge - North Lawndale

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?"

Bronzeville Legends Identity Initiative

Chicago, Illinois
The 3 pillars of vibrant community development are 1) identity; 2) sustainability; 3) mobility. Identity represents a community’s historic and present character. When we think of Chinatown we know we are getting quality restaurants and an experi...

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?"

The Hanging Gardens of Wabash

Chicago, Illinois
Not that the structure of the El isn't beautiful, but we can see it all over town. Wabash can be special by concealing it with a diverse array of living greenery. Sustainable, educational, and the next Wonder of the Modern World.
transforming-wabash

Restoring South Shore

Chicago, Illinois
Our plan is to restore the area of South Shore by giving it a more appealing and aesthetic appearance by building a community garden and compost bin. Building the community garden and compost bin will provide sustainability to the community of Sou...
land-use park walking composting gardening

Religious Institutions in Manufacturing Districts

Yorkville, Illinois
Should religious institutions be treated as "special uses" in a Manufacturing District (M-1 or M-2)? A "Religious Institution" (small) is defined as a building, having 400 or fewer seats or no larger than 8,000 square feet of total gross floor ...
visualizing-yorkville-zoning

StreetCar Circulator System that also Connects South Loop / Near South with Museum Campus and Canal Street Stations

Chicago, Illinois
Similar to Portland, Savannah, Cincinnati and Toronto, to both help finish out development of the South Loop / Near South Side, and to connect people to the Museum Campus have streetcar circulator system that both serves the South Loop, and create...
museum-campus-transportation-study

How Englewood Can Become More Sustainable

Chicago, Illinois
We will look over the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago to take a look at some environmental, social, and economical issues within the community. This project will provide realistic suggestions about how these issues can be resolved to help Englew...
building transit walking water

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

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

University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Sustainability

Chicago, Illinois
The UIC Office of Sustainability forms the focal point for coordinating sustainability initiatives on campus by receiving information, tracking data, and assessing progress. Our focus is achieving the aspirational goals of the UIC Climate Commitme...

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?"