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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

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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Economic Equity via Community-Led Redevelopment in Little Village, a Chicago Prize Finalist Project

Economic Equity via Community-Led Redevelopment in Little Village, a Chicago Prize Finalist Project

Through a robust partnership between the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization and Delta Institute (Delta), our initiative created a new community hub, called the Centro de Solidaridad Mi Villita, to provide 100,000+ Chicagoans with the means to create a robust local economy based on solidarity and self-determination.

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Reimagining the Shenango Coke Plant Site outside Pittsburgh, PA

Reimagining the Shenango Coke Plant Site outside Pittsburgh, PA

Delta Institute (Delta) 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 (Delta) 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. Plans for the vacant, degraded site include the installation of public art and landscaping.

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