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Resilience

Publications

Green Infrastructure Measurement and Modeling Dataset

March 20, 2025

South Shore Community BioBlitz

September 20, 2024

Village Of Skokie (IL) GHG Emissions Inventory

July 9, 2022

Green Infrastructure Designs: Best Management Practices for Replicability

September 1, 2021

Conservation in Illinois: Hotspot Analysis and Implications for Program Design

August 9, 2021

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

April 24, 2021

Land Acquisition Strategy: Michigan City

December 3, 2020

City Of South Bend (IN) Carbon Neutral 2050 Plan

November 24, 2019

Assessing Assets and Barriers to Community Revitalization Chart

January 28, 2014

Pay for Performance “How To Guide”

August 24, 2013

Projects

Innovative Municipal Green Infrastructure ESG Financing

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.

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Restoring The Duck Creek Tributary In Northwest Indiana

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.

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

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 on the South Side

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

Delta is working with community partners to monitor the impacts of nature-based Green Infrastructure projects on Chicago's South Side.

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

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

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

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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Creating a Green Infrastructure Plan for Gary, Indiana

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

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

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

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

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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