In 2016 Delta assisted the Green Lake Association (GLA) for Green Lake, Wisconsin, in developing an effective long-term approach to reducing phosphorus loading into the Green Lake watershed by leveraging…
Delta Institute and Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Collaborate to Spur Little Village Redevelopment
…local community to prioritize sites for redevelopment, and support creation of a community-driven redevelopment strategy and roadmap to use moving forward. Upon project completion, the Little Village community will be…
Nonprofit collaboration aims to transform Little Village brownfields into sustainable business opportunities
…Shared commercial kitchen Vendor cart sanitizing and storage space Urban indoor farm Private market redevelopment Delta and LVEJO first began collaborating in 2012 when both organizations were involved in the…
United Airlines – Supporting Sustainability
…that can take CO2 from the air and remove it in a way that no longer contributes to climate change. Once captured, this carbon is typically either stored underground permanently…
Behind the Scenes: Engaging community stakeholders to revitalize brownfields in Little Village
…fall, we plan to have each property paired with a reuse strategy. Attract entrepreneurs for site redevelopment: Finally, Delta and LVEJO will work to identify lead entrepreneurs, working groups, or…
Fisk and Crawford Coal Plants (Chicago, IL) Redevelopment Task Force
…of the then-recently decommissioned Fisk and Crawford coal-fired power plants. Engaging in formalized community outreach, the task force delivered valuable insight into community needs to the city and potential developers….
New tool developed for community-led redevelopment of brownfields
…likelihood for successful redevelopment. We presented this tool at the 2015 Brownfields Conference in Chicago. Email Margaret Renas, mrenas@delta-institute.org, with questions about this tool or Delta’s community-focused brownfields redevelopment work….
Community-Led Brownfield Redevelopment in the Little Village Neighborhood
…Property and Brownfield Redevelopment Strategy (Strategy) to guide the redevelopment of brownfield sites in Little Village. Our collaboration led to a comprehensive redevelopment plan (linked below, along with our Executive…
2023: Year in Review
…use of soil health management systems to improve water quality in the Great Lakes Basin by reducing nutrient loading and runoff. We shared our findings from this work in a…
Rewilding Acres and EcoShip win 2022 BOOST Awards for Midwestern innovation from Delta Institute
…winner devoted to creating plant-based braiding hair for Black women, has been featured in many continued pitch fests, including as a semi-finalist for the TechRise Chicago 100K Pitch Competition powered…
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