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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

Fish, Poop, and You - The natural way of eating!

Chicago, Illinois
Ms. Love's and Mrs. Benjamin's Chemistry and Biology students at Kelly High School will develop an Aquaponics farm within the school, with the goal of producing educational and celebratory events that will encourage the members of the surrounding ...
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Save the Chicago Avenue Bridge from Demolition

Chicago, Illinois
We believe that the Chicago Avenue Bridge should be restored and the City should plan for more effective ways to move people efficiently across the Chicago River. We object to the proposed tear down & replacement because 1) the bridge and its uniq...
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Urban Skate Park

Los Angeles, California
Family friendly Urban Skateboard Park in the Warehouse/Arts District area. Urban sculptures and artwork from local artists and students would be featured in the park. The park would have areas for beginners (young children) and areas for the more ...
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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

Saving Lives by Saving Bees: Urban Rooftop Gardens

Reno, Nevada
Let's create urban rooftop gardening that cater to bees on our highest buildings in Reno. The Waldorf Astoria in NYC has already done this and their chefs even utilizes the honey the bees produce into their local restaurants. Reno can partner with...
preservation housing building

Urban Housing

Peoria, Illinois
Support the development of downtown housing in the Warehouse District. Establish incentives that will encourage residential development in a compact area sufficient to create economies of scale sufficient to support residential service businesses ...
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria housing

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 ...
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Invest in Placemaking

Washington, Illinois
Creating memorable experiences in Washington is a smart way to attract increased investment - more visitors spending more time and money within the community
tactical-urbanism art-installations placemaking street public-space

Muse Community & Design

Chicago, Illinois
Urban planning and public engagement studio

Zip line across the river or over water street, connecting through the warehouse district

Peoria, Illinois
An "urban" zip line, connecting either the Peoria Riverfront Museum to the Caterpillar Visitor Center, or across Water Street, or in an extreme example across the Illinois River into East Peoria, would be the first of its kind in the area.
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Encourage Zero-Lot Line Buildings to Strengthen New Neighborhood Centers

Washington, Illinois
The Square is a cherished, historic, place. It can also teach us lessons about creating similar spots elsewhere in the community. One of the Square’s prominent characteristics is the assembly of zero-lot line buildings (no setbacks). By coming cl...
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Use LEED for Neighborhood Development Standards to Guide Redevelopment

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Use the LEED-ND system to guide the redevelopment plans for the site and surrounding areas that are affected. What is LEED for Neighborhood Development? The joint venture, known as LE...
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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

Advocate for the Development of Model Community Anchors at Neighborhood Centers

Peoria, Illinois
Encourage development of model neighborhood centers as “community anchors,” through public-private partnerships, as a technique for stimulating and facilitating the broader redevelopment of the centers of Peoria’s urban neighborhoods. Tenants need...
retail public-space land-use housing building

Westside Bee Boyz, LLC

Chicago, Illinois
Urban Beekeeping Busines

Dunkin Donuts Project

Plainfield, Illinois
I'm currently living in Shorewood; however, my husband and I are looking to downsize and possibly relocate to Plainfield. During our house search last week, we noticed the sign on the property apparently designated for Dunkin Donuts. We made som...
a-vision-for-division

Cobblestone It!

Chicago, Illinois
Install cobblestones or Belgian block the length of Wabash to unify the historic character of the street, add more urban texture to differentiate Wabash from any other downtown street. The stone surface will create a low rumble of passing vehicles...
transforming-wabash

Heart of Peoria Plan

Peoria, Illinois
In 2002, the City of Peoria worked with numerous stakeholders city-wide and several external consultants to develop the Heart of Peoria Plan, an ambitious form-based code affecting over 8,000 acres of the City of Peoria. Numerous areas were target...

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...
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Support the Lunch N Learn Initiative

Chicago, Illinois
Lunch N Learn is a proposed initiative in which Circle Urban Ministry would send inspiring and caring adults to speak with pre-teen and teen boys in Austin during their lunch hour. Our goal would be to reach 250-300 students per month at local mi...
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Warehouse District Implementation Plan

Peoria, Illinois
Peoria’s Warehouse District has the potential to become downtown’s premier urban neighborhood where streets are animated with people living, working and playing. The district’s proximity to the central business district and the riverfront coupled ...

Provide Intuitive and Direct Pedestrian Access Across Columbus and Lake Shore Drive

Chicago, Illinois
The current pedestrian route to Museum Campus from Roosevelt Road is unintuitive and convoluted, treating pedestrians as the afterthought. At this corner, you can see where you want to go, but there's no sidewalk and you have to walk in the opposi...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Ginkgo Planning + Design

Chicago, Illinois
GINKGO is led by us, Zerin and Perry, who a share passion for planning & design. We are both trained as architects and bring our love for drawing, building models and figuring out how things will get built to the larger scale of urban planning. We...