…partner with Michigan City Sanitary District and Alliance for the Great Lakes to design and install wetlands on Trail Creek to reduce stormwater runoff in Michigan City. With this grant,…
Innovative Conservation Partnership Launches the First Ever Credit Transaction to Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agriculture
JOINT PRESS RELEASE The Climate Trust and Delta Institute today announced a new effort to reward farmers for reducing the environmental impacts of their nitrogen fertilizer practices. Delta Institute of…
With local waste generation rates outpacing local landfill capacity, new report calls for action to reduce waste in Cook County
…we’ve made significant progress in diverting building material and waste from landfills, this report provides important action recommendations for how we can continue to reduce, reuse and recycle our way…
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…
Reducing phosphorus runoff in Green Lake, WI
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…
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…
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…
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….
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