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Innovative Municipal Green Infrastructure ESG Financing

Delta Institute is piloting an innovative financing and service delivery approach to support small-to-mid-sized Great Lakes municipalities to implement GI at scale—with the opportunity to transform GI financing in our home region.

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Restoring The Duck Creek Tributary In Northwest Indiana

Delta Institute is restoring a key waterway in Hobart, Indiana, that flows throughout the entire watershed and ultimately into Lake Michigan. Currently the waterway, the Duck Creek Tributary, overflows with pollution, sediment, and toxins—impacting the water quality downstream for many communities, including multiple that are designated Environmental Justice (EJ) communities.

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Protecting Water Quality on Chicago’s Southeast Side via Stormwater Wetlands at the IIPD

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

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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Overcoming Barriers to Municipal Green Infrastructure Implementation

Delta Institute (Delta) is examining the barriers preventing Green Infrastructure from being installed across the Great Lakes at the scale needed to address climate change. Delta’s research will inform the development of potential support services that will help municipalities overcome these barriers and improve local water quality, reduce flooding, and improve quality-of-life for their residents.

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Proactive Municipal Climate Planning: Delta Institute and the Resilience Innovation Hub

Delta Institute (Delta) joined the Resilience Innovation Hub, focused on increasing community adaptability while lowering insurance premiums. We are undertaking activities focused on understanding the barriers to implementing resilience activities at the local and regional scale while creating innovative solutions to assist communities to implement projects and initiatives to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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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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Waukegan Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Project

Recreational beaches around the Great Lakes have experienced significant erosion due to high water levels, more intense storms, and other conditions. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently selected six sites within four municipalities to be eligible for pilot participation and receiving sand for restoring beaches. Delta Institute and GEI Consultants are supporting these efforts.

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Creating a Green Infrastructure Plan for Gary, Indiana

Delta Institute's Gary Green Infrastructure Plan was a two-year project focused on assisting the City of Gary with planning and implementing Green Infrastructure designs, identifying 61 Priority Projects to install 26 acres of rain gardens, permeable pavements, street planters, and other GI designs.

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Cheney Run Wetland Creation, Stormwater Design and Installation in Michigan City, Indiana

Delta Institute partnered with the Michigan City Sanitary District (MCSD) and the Alliance for the Great Lakes to make stormwater, ecological restoration, and recreation improvements at Michigan City’s Cheney Run. A 40-acre site surrounded by wetlands, Cheney Run is a primary source of stormwater-related pollution that ends up in the Trail Creek, a major tributary that feeds into Lake Michigan.

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Stormwater Management Installations throughout Hobart, Indiana

Delta Institute and the City of Hobart, Indiana have implemented four GI installations throughout the city, including a courtyard rain garden at Hobart Middle School, a parking lot rain garden and permeable pavement in the front and backsides of Hobart City Hall, and a large bioswale in the city’s Hillman Park. These installations will collectively provide an additional 800,000 to 3.5 million gallons of stormwater management capacity.

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Improving Tools to Catalyze Investment in Sustainable Agricultural Lands and Practices

Delta and Farmland LP partnered to create evaluation and assessment mechanisms to model the economic and environmental benefits of different scenarios to transition traditional commodity agricultural land to diverse, sustainable production models.

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Collaborating with the Illinois International Port District for Economic Growth and Infrastructure Expansion

Delta Institute is working with our long-term partner, the Illinois International Port District to implement numerous activities and achieve goals as laid out in the Port's 2030 Master Plan.

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Village Of Skokie (IL) GHG Emissions Inventory

Green Infrastructure Designs: Best Management Practices for Replicability

Conservation in Illinois: Hotspot Analysis and Implications for Program Design

5-10 Year Forest Stewardship Plan for Oceana County (MI)

Land Acquisition Strategy: Michigan City

City Of South Bend (IN) Carbon Neutral 2050 Plan

Assessing Assets and Barriers to Community Revitalization Chart

Pay for Performance “How To Guide”

Projects

Innovative Municipal Green Infrastructure ESG Financing

Restoring The Duck Creek Tributary In Northwest Indiana

Protecting Water Quality on Chicago’s Southeast Side via Stormwater Wetlands at the IIPD

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

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

Overcoming Barriers to Municipal Green Infrastructure Implementation

Proactive Municipal Climate Planning: Delta Institute and the Resilience Innovation Hub

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

Waukegan Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Project

Creating a Green Infrastructure Plan for Gary, Indiana

Cheney Run Wetland Creation, Stormwater Design and Installation in Michigan City, Indiana

Stormwater Management Installations throughout Hobart, Indiana

Improving Tools to Catalyze Investment in Sustainable Agricultural Lands and Practices

Collaborating with the Illinois International Port District for Economic Growth and Infrastructure Expansion

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