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Foodies Heaven

Chicago, Illinois
I would like to change my community which is north lawndale by adding restaurants. this would provide new job opportunities for my community. i know sometimes when my mother and i may not feel like cooking something to eat it would very convenient...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods building

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 ...
bicycling building infrastructure land-use public-space street transit walking heart-of-peoria-plan infill

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

Skyloft on West Cortland

Chicago, Illinois
I feel that given the state of chicago’s socioeconomic resume, and since a large majority of this cities income and equity derives from tourism and its own collection of tourist attractions i feel the most logical and profitable addition to the ...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods building

Let's Get Local at Park Lane

Reno, Nevada
The Park Lane Mall area is in the heart of Reno and we believe this blank space is perfect for supporting local businesses. We need a local small business mall to support the community and support American entrepreneurship. Imagine the Mid-Town Di...
land-use

Sports Trolley

Reno, Nevada
There is a parking problem in Reno when it comes to sports games. Well, we can fix it! With our idea of a "sports trolley," fans can be picked up and dropped off by a game day trolley and be taken to a sports game either at the Aces stadium or UNR...
transit

Innovating a Clarendon Park

Chicago, Illinois
My proposal is about changing and adding some stuff in clarendon park, what will i change about it? what will i change about it is, well we can actually innovate the clarendon park, by making it more exceptional and a better park for the people ar...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods park

Gardening, Soccer, and Swimming at Moana Pool, let's invest in this area!

Reno, Nevada
We would like to welcome the community in supporting our idea to restore our local pool. Not only should the pool be restored, but the outside as well. A self picking fruit and vegetable garden can promote a healthy lifestyle and in addition creat...
land-use

Create business districts & neighborhood centers that enhance community identity

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Creating clearly defined business districts and neighborhood centers can heighten community identity and character. These places serve as focal points where people can gather. They can include a variety of residential choices and feature entertain...
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After work learning and socializing

Chicago, Illinois
Everyone loves school! Right? Guys? Hello? But if one of the social clubs started offering informal four or eight week master classes, maybe in cooperation with area colleges, people could meet other local singles while learning about beer making ...
transforming-wabash

Touchscreen COTA maps for tourists

Columbus, Ohio
Eighteen maps have been installed at New York City's Grand Central Station in 47-inch touchscreen kiosks. They will display departures, arrivals, delays and outages, as well points of interest. We can take this idea and apply it to Columbus. To...
forge-ahead

Establish Innovation District

Peoria, Illinois
Establish a 4 to 6 block radius as the beginnings of an established "Innovation District" within the Warehouse District. This designated area would be the focus of innovation firms, gigabit fiber connectivity and mixed-used buildings focused on at...
startups entrepreneurs innovation

Increase education and training programs and resources for parents

Chicago, Illinois
Education is not only for youth. Our community needs increased access to ESL classes, GED classes, educational workshops, and technical training/bridge programs for adults, which we will achieve by building partnerships between local community org...

Change for Cosme Park

Chicago, Illinois
Let’s remodel cosme park located at 1809 w 91st place. last time i visited the park, barely anything was there. the swing, slides and monkey bars were all misused so nobody visited the park. i think that if they change and rebuild the park then mo...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods park

Hold an Austin Community Conversation & Survey Picnic

Chicago, Illinois
There are barely any leisure entertainment activities for community members, particularly youth, in Austin. I would like to hold a community picnic centered around discussing this issue. At the event I will gather quantitative and qualitative data...
youth picnic entertainment

Flexible event space to accommodate the RiverFront Market.

Peoria, Illinois
Flexible event space to accommodate the RiverFront Market as well as other large community events. Paved spaces with heated pads would allow for year-round event planning. Flood control and easy clean up. Find detailed renderings at www.VisitDo...
park public-space

Improve Wrightwood Park

Chicago, Illinois
Wrightwood Park is a beautiful, medium-sized park located at Ashland and Wrightwood. For many people in the Lincoln Park and Bucktown areas, Wrightwood Park is the closest and most convenient park to visit. However, in recent years, there have bee...
public-space park

Create a Transit Hub

Chicago, Illinois
This hub would take shape as a multimodal center that could serve existing residents and businesses as well as new development. Metra, CTA buses, a Divvy station, and bicycle amenities could be included.
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Increase bus frequency and create bus lanes

Chicago, Illinois
Buses should run more frequently within the entire city, including the loop and to the museum campus. obviously this is a much larger project than just improving transit to the mc but something has to be done about transportation throughout the ci...
street

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...
water walking preservation public-space park

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...
placemaking streetscape street sidewalk-cafe walking

Warehouse District Parking

Peoria, Illinois
The City should address parking issues in the Warehouse District to promote further development. On-street parking is adequate to meet current demand. However, with new businesses opening up this year, like Zion Coffee, and those soon to come pa...
infrastructure

Trailers + Recreational Vehicle Parking

Yorkville, Illinois
There is a concern that trailers (utility, boat, horse, cargo, camping, travel) and recreational vehicles are too large for residential lots and have been known to impede upon neighboring properties as well as the sidewalk. Is this a concern ...
visualizing-yorkville-zoning

Fare-free zone on Metra Electric

Chicago, Illinois
The Metra Electric is the smoothest, quickest way to get from the Loop to the Museum Campus area, but it's not well used for that purpose--people who already have CTA passes are likely to use a bus to get there instead of paying $2.75 to buy a Met...
museum-campus-transportation-study