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Community Development

Publications

Toolkit for Using StoryWood

November 11, 2020

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

Resilient Communities Stakeholder Assessment

May 3, 2019

Resilient Communities Stakeholder Identification

May 3, 2019

Economic Benefit Targeting For Development Overview

May 3, 2019

Economic Benefit Targeting For Development Tool

May 3, 2019

Demystifying Waste: Midwestern Building Material Markets

April 1, 2019

St. Louis Deconstruction Market Assessment

April 1, 2019

Deconstruction Go Guide

June 1, 2018

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

Community-Based Prioritization of a Brownfield Site Inventory for Redevelopment

August 23, 2016

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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Steel City Salvage: Deconstruction and Economic Opportunity in Gary

Steel City Salvage: Deconstruction and Economic Opportunity in Gary

Delta Institute (Delta) has worked within Gary for years—decades even—with dozens of local community partners who are essential to our collaborative efforts’ success. Many of our supporters are familiar with Delta’s efforts to create Steel City Salvage, our deconstruction project that saves reclaimed materials from vacant buildings going to landfill—instead selling them to spur economic development within the City of Gary. We are committed to ensuring that materials from Gary benefit Gary, and that operations remain within the City to provide another route for ongoing economic development.

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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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Demystifying Midwestern Building Material Markets for Reuse and Revenue

Demystifying Midwestern Building Material Markets for Reuse and Revenue

Delta Institute’s (Delta's) Demystifying Waste report provides data to the private and public sector to decrease the disposal rate of reusable materials—and save these valuable supplies from landfills—and increase the capacity of local and state governments to adopt policies encouraging building material reuse and recycling with the recognition of local economic benefits.

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St. Louis Demolition and Deconstruction Technical Assistance

St. Louis Demolition and Deconstruction Technical Assistance

Delta Institute (Delta) is an expert with construction and demolition waste reduction, recycling, reuse, policy and economic development. The City of St. Louis, St. Louis Development Corporation, the Missouri Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority, and Region 7 EPA selected Delta Institute to revise its demolition handbook, develop specifications for deconstruction, train contractors around building material reuse, and plan a deconstruction pilot program.

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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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