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Publications

Brownfields Marketability Scoring Tool

August 19, 2020

Chicago Neighborhood Inclusive Redevelopment Strategy

July 23, 2020

Brownfield Mapping and Reuse Analysis in Little Village, Chicago

April 23, 2020

Shenango Reimagined

March 1, 2020

Coal Redevelopment Roadmap

May 1, 2018

Coal in the US: Policy Responses to an Industry in Decline

March 1, 2018

In Transition: Stories from Coal Plant Communities

August 18, 2017

Investing in Communities, Redeveloping Brownfields

November 9, 2015

Phytoremediation Overview for Brownfield Redevelopment

November 9, 2015

Brownfields Marketability (and Redevelopment) Scoring Tool

November 4, 2015

How-to-Phytoremediation; Brownfields into Assets through Community Forestry

June 24, 2015

Transforming Closed Coal Plants into Productive Community Assets

October 17, 2014

Assessing Assets and Barriers to Community Revitalization Chart

January 28, 2014

Brownfield Redevelopment Community Stakeholder Exercise

January 28, 2014

Fisk and Crawford Coal Plant (Chicago) Redevelopment Report

September 10, 2012

Projects

Generating Critical Data and Methods to Support Nature-Based Green Infrastructure in Chicago Communities

Generating Critical Data and Methods to Support Nature-Based Green Infrastructure in Chicago Communities

Delta Institute (Delta) is working with community partners to install and monitor the impacts and benefits of nature-based Green Infrastructure projects in the BIPOC-majority Chicago neighborhoods of Washington Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore in concert with Emerald South’s Terra Firma project to develop replicable resources for communities throughout the region. Our goal is to streamline green infrastructure implementation, maintenance, and assessment strategy.

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Catalyzing Private Sector Investment on Chicago’s Southeast Side for Sustainable Revitalization

Catalyzing Private Sector Investment on Chicago’s Southeast Side for Sustainable Revitalization

Delta Institute is working with our long-term partner, the Illinois International Port District to assess and evaluate the placement and creation of two new wetlands that will capture stormwater on IIPD's land--keeping pollutants from entering the Calumet River and traveling through dozens of downstream communities.

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Community-Led Brownfield Redevelopment in the Little Village Neighborhood

Community-Led Brownfield Redevelopment in the Little Village Neighborhood

Through a robust partnership between the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization and Delta Institute (Delta), our efforts included a comprehensive mapping project of numerous brownfield sites in the neighborhood and the creation of sustainable redevelopment strategy. These efforts helped lead to a Chicago Prize Finalist (2020) project.

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Reimagining the Shenango Coke Plant Site outside Pittsburgh, PA

Reimagining the Shenango Coke Plant Site outside Pittsburgh, PA

Delta Institute has worked with numerous communities who are faced with a closed--or closing--coal power plant. These sites have unique needs for redevelopment, ranging from environmental remediation to replacement of lost tax revenue and jobs. Delta facilitated a coalition of community groups located outside Pittsburgh, PA to create Guiding Principles for sustainable redevelopment of the closed Shenango Coke Plant property located on Neville Island, located on the Ohio River.

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Phytoremediating Vacant Industrial Land in Gary, Indiana

Phytoremediating Vacant Industrial Land in Gary, Indiana

With support from the U.S. Forest Service Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Legacy Foundation, Delta Institute partnered with the City of Gary and Greenprint Partners to transform the once thriving site of the five-acre Bear Brand Hosiery Co. stocking factory into a park by planting hybrid poplar trees to improve soil quality.

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Fisk and Crawford Coal Plants (Chicago, IL) Redevelopment Task Force

Fisk and Crawford Coal Plants (Chicago, IL) Redevelopment Task Force

Delta and LVEJO partnered to create recommendations to guide redevelopment of the Fisk and Crawford coal plants in Chicago under then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel using just-transition principles created through authentic community engagement and outreach.

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Phytoremediation in Muskegon, MI

Phytoremediation in Muskegon, MI

Delta Institute established a hybrid poplar tree farm by planting 3,000 trees on brownfield sites in Muskegon, MI.

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