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Delta Institute (Delta) is working with local groups and public agencies to complete in-depth community engagement centered around shoreline resilience planning and implementation for the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. For years this community has been buffeted by extreme weather and Lake Michigan events, and a comprehensive, cohesive community planning process is essential.

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Expanding Grass-Fed Beef Market Drivers in the Greater Chicago Foodshed

Delta Institute (Delta) has spent more than three years analyzing the myriad of economic and environmental benefits associated with expanding regenerative grazing and grass-fed production in Illinois to provide a market-driven evolution of farming methodology. Through our work, we have developed a clear picture of grass-fed beef supply and demand in Illinois, establishing a target for additional acres of regenerative grazing needed in the coming years to meet Chicago’s growing grass-fed beef market.

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2021 City of Chicago Waste Strategy

The City of Chicago has the opportunity to implement strategies to tackle waste and materials management that impact our economy, environment, and citizens every day. These strategies offer opportunities to reduce waste; increase diversion through reuse, recycling, and composting; reduce costs; and increase economic and environmental justice opportunities. Delta Institute (Delta) was hired by the City of Chicago Office of the Mayor to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the entire municipal waste system and its directly related impacts on the community. As a core part of our efforts, Delta developed a holistic, pragmatic roadmap with short-term recommendations for 2021-2022 to re-envision what materials management in Chicago could look like, while ultimately turning waste into resource.

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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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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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Publications

Green Infrastructure Monitoring Guide

Green Infrastructure Measurement and Modeling Dataset

South Shore Community BioBlitz

Grass-Fed Beef Institutional Procurement Analysis

Recommended Interventions for Grass-Fed Beef Production and Value-Chains

Regenerative Grazing Transition Analysis

Priority Watershed Selection for Expanding Regenerative Grazing in the Chicago Foodshed

2021 City of Chicago Waste Strategy

Municipal Waste Procurement Tools

Cook County Solid Waste Management Plan, 2011 Update

Projects

Generating Critical Data and Methods to Support Nature-Based Green Infrastructure on the South Side

Community-Led Planning to Reduce Shoreline Flooding in the South Shore Neighborhood of Chicago

Expanding Grass-Fed Beef Market Drivers in the Greater Chicago Foodshed

2021 City of Chicago Waste Strategy

Community-Led Brownfield Redevelopment in the Little Village Neighborhood

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

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