…Midwest. These plantings focus on building long-term community resilience against flooding, equitable access to green space, and improvements to local water and air quality. For each $150 donation we receive,…
Steel City Salvage: Deconstruction and Economic Opportunity in Gary
…Many of our supporters are familiar with Delta’s efforts to create Steel City Salvage, our deconstruction project that saves reclaimed materials from vacant buildings going to landfill—instead selling them to…
Improving Tools to Catalyze Investment in Sustainable Agricultural Lands and Practices
…of 10.5% annualized net economic gain for investors and summarizes the social and environmental impacts of Farmland LP’s investment management practices. Farmland LP buys and converts conventionally farmed land to…
BOOST Sponsor Highlight: Peoples Gas Community Fund
…We’ve made significant investments to better serve our customers and our communities, including investments in our energy delivery infrastructure and investments in energy efficiency, which help the environment while providing…
From Brownfield to Beauty
…brownfields in Muskegon, MI into urban tree farms using fast-growing poplar trees that clean up soil while providing a host of other benefits. In 2012, Delta Institute began working in…
“Urban Nature” Series highlights poplar tree farm in Gary, IN
…is featured in the”The Intricate Ecology…of Vacant Lots,” episode. Delta is working in partnership with Fresh Coast Capital and the City of Gary to use these fast-growing plants as an…
Brownfield Site in Gary to Become Urban Forest
…site, it was the best option. Eve Pytel explains through the use of phytoremediation on this toxic site, the fast-growing poplar and cottonwood trees can absorb petroleum in the soil…
Support These Community Organizations on Chicago’s South and Southwest Sides
…neighborhoods throughout Chicago’s South and Southwest Sides (listed in alphabetical order): Austin Coming Together Blacks in Green (BIG) Chicago Community Bond Fund Chicago Eco House / South Side Blooms Chicago…
Rust Belt Cities Go Green to Aid Urban Revival
This Green Building Advisor blog post discusses the strategies that rust belt cities are experimenting with in order to deal with disinvestment. Delta’s Knight Foundation funded materials reuse facility was…
The Cares Act and Charitable Giving
…uncertainty, here a few key takeaways from the Act: A universal charitable deduction. Normally, in order to claim a tax deduction for contributions, donors need to itemize their taxes instead…
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