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Streetscape Landscape Maintenance Program

Peoria, Illinois
The streetscape improvements in the Warehouse Districts are great, however, we need the landscaping to be maintained on a regular basis so the showcase the City rather than looking like a weed patch. My campaign is to have a designated organizatio...
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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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Encourage the opening of sidewalk cafes

Antioch, Illinois
Restaurants, coffee shops, and bars that provide sidewalk cafe seating improve the vibrancy of a street. The sense of place that they create attracts people that are more likely to spend time and money at that location as well as nearby businesses...
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Pocket Park: Calumet Fisheries Environs

Chicago, Illinois
The Calumet Fisheries Environs is an open plot of abandoned land behind the famous Calumet Fishery shack. Unlike most restaurants, this store's customers buy their smoked fish and french fries inside the shack and proceed to eat in their cars. The...
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Install Curb Extensions at the Main/Crescent Intersection

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Make space for bike parking, planters or other streetscape elements. Widen the sidewalks to make crossing safer with the understanding that some street parking may be lost.
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Safer Streets for Our OPRF Students!

Oak Park, Illinois
Each year, more and more OPRF students are riding their bikes. Help improve the safety of the streets around OPRF (Scoville & Erie) by creating safer passage for students walking and riding bikes to school. Oak Park Village Staff has created a ...
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Encourage In-fill along Fulton and Main Streets

Peoria, Illinois
In-fill development built up to the right-of-way can bring definition and activity to the corridors.
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Create a Crosstown Boulevard

Peoria, Illinois
Study the feasability of and develop a scheme for a crosstown boulevard to replace the existing sunken Interstate 74 through downtown Peoria.
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Main Street Configured as a Boulevard

Peoria, Illinois
This would include new in-fill projects designed to complete the street wall with pedestrian-friendly frontage increase both interest and pedestrian comfort. The addition of trees in the median will help bring the streetscape down to a more human ...
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Permit fences to extend to the property line on corner lots

Antioch, Illinois
Residential privacy fences can provide security, contain children and pets, shelter a yard from the elements, and can enhance the curb appeal of a home. On a corner lot, fences should be allowed to extend to the property line, and past the corner ...
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Pedestrian maps that are a feat of design and data

Columbus, Ohio
Pedestrian maps encourage people to walk, and physical activity in a good thing, especially in obesity-ridden America. Research in London found that people took the Tube for short rides that, when you factor in wait time, end up taking longer than...
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Let's Have the City Plow the Sidewalks

Columbus, Ohio
I just read an article about this year's sidewalk snow removal in NYC and how it compares to the sidewalks after the 1888 blizzard in the City of New Haven. If they could remove 45 inches of snow in 1888, why can't we remove 10 inches of snow in C...
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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...
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Make the Ohio Street bridge a better gateway

Chicago, Illinois
Improving the pedestrian and cyclist experience and reworking the structure so it is more appealing.
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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...

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 ...
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Pedestrianize Water Street, Walnut to State

Peoria, Illinois
Make this prime nightlife area consistently more inviting. This is already pedestrianized many nights a year, and does not appear to cause any issues. Delivery trucks could still be allowed in, and the large parking lot can still be accessed. Bloc...
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Downtown Riverfront Park

Peoria, Illinois
Reclaim most of the downtown riverfront for a large linear park along the Illinois River. My suggestion is to acquire commercial property currently on the east-side of SW Water Street and turn it into a park for passive (open green space) & acti...
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Creative Lighting

Peoria, Illinois
Provide lighting that creates a safe but also aesthetic environment. Much of the river front is dimly lit. Additional lighting would encourage people to be along the river front at night. This lighting does not have to be just street lights. It ca...
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A Field for Growth and Fun

Chicago, Illinois
My neighborhood is really a narrow street is a one way street and it has houses on both sides of the street. it is mostly residential there is only one business in my neighborhood and it is rarely open. my neighborhood is rather quiet and it has a...
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Riverfront Parking/Covered Space for Market

Peoria, Illinois
More city owned parking should be available to allow families with children and elderly adequate access to what to riverfront offers. Attractions like The Spirit of Peoria will be without parking when the current deck is torn down leaving their ma...
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Tourism & Cultural Economic Development

Chicago, Illinois
Join us as we discuss the opportunities and developments taking place on the South Side under the broader umbrella of Tourism and how we can use "Cultural Economic Development" to socially and economically develoment pur communities.
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Enhance pedestrian & bicycle safety along Dundee Road

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Dundee Road is a major corridor that carries thousands of cars each day. Given that the road is currently oriented towards automobiles, it isn’t friendly for pedestrians and bicyclists who cite safety concerns or avoid it altogether. Increasing sa...
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Terraced Riverfront Park

East Peoria, Illinois
Create a terraced park-like setting for flood control with multi-use areas for several activities such as small boat access, fishing, running, biking, fitness trail, outdoor market, live entertainment, etc. Using a variety of materials for the ter...
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