In the news: City of Chicago funds green infrastructure projects

Posted May 5th, 2014 in Stormwater & Green Infrastructure

The City of Chicago is funding its first projects under the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategy, incorporating green water management principles and practices into current and upcoming city projects. 

 
“As part of the Mayor’s Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategy, which is one of the largest voluntary investments in this type of infrastructure by an American City, DWM has worked with City agencies to identify opportunities to incorporate green infrastructure into existing and ongoing capital projects. For 2014, DWM has identified 39 such projects, which include four schoolyard projects, five complete streets projects and 30 traffic calming projects. In sum, these 39 projects will receive $6.1 million in funding from DWM and will leverage nearly $18 million in additional funding from Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) and other partners… 
 
Working with CPS and MWRD, DWM will provide funding to the Space to Grow program, an initiative by Openlands and Healthy Schools Campaign to convert public school asphalt schoolyards into green playgrounds. Donald Morrill Math & Science Elementary School, Virgil Grissom Elementary School, George Leland Elementary School and Theophilus Schmid Elementary School are currently in the design phase, with construction anticipated to begin this summer. These projects will contain several green infrastructure components, including rain gardens, bioswales and permeable pavement to help absorb rainfall.”
Read the complete announcement, including information about the city’s new grant funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, at the link above.

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The Great Lakes Educators of Aquatic and Marine Science hosts an annual coastal cleanup around the Great Lakes — and we want Chicagoland educators to be part of it! Whether you’re passionate about stewardship, looking to connect with fellow educators, or just want to make a difference, this is your chance. Bring a friend and connect with the GLEAMS community! Mingle afterwards at Off Color Brewing Taproom, The Mousetrap.

Date: September 20
Time: 12:30 PM – 3 PM
Location: 1460 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642

Register at the link in bio.

Let’s connect and conserve our waterways together. 💙

#TeachingTuesday

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The Great Lakes Educators of Aquatic and Marine Science hosts an annual coastal cleanup around the Great Lakes — and we want Chicagoland educators to be part of it! Whether you’re passionate about stewardship, looking to connect with fellow educators, or just want to make a difference, this is your chance. Bring a friend and connect with the GLEAMS community! Mingle afterwards at Off Color Brewing Taproom, The Mousetrap.Date: September 20Time: 12:30 PM – 3 PMLocation: 1460 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642Register at the link in bio.Let’s connect and conserve our waterways together. 💙#TeachingTuesday

Fill your bait bucket with the Great Lakes Fresh Fish Finder! And when the day’s done, don’t dump unused bait—it can harm our lakes and spread invasive species.

Be a Hero, Transport Zero: Don’t Dump Bait. Remove it. Dispose of it. Drain it. Never release it.

Visit the link in bio to learn more.

#DontDumpBait #TransportZero #GreatLakes

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Fill your bait bucket with the Great Lakes Fresh Fish Finder! And when the day’s done, don’t dump unused bait—it can harm our lakes and spread invasive species. Be a Hero, Transport Zero: Don’t Dump Bait. Remove it. Dispose of it. Drain it. Never release it. Visit the link in bio to learn more. #DontDumpBait #TransportZero #GreatLakes

Looking for your next fishing adventure? 🎣 Visit a fee fishing business—a private pond or lake where you pay a small fee to fish, no license required! 🐟

Catch a fish, snap a photo, and share it with #GLFFF, giving a shoutout to where you reeled it in. 🌊✨ #GreatLakesFishing

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photo Credit: Amy Shambach, Spring Valley Trout Farm, Dexter, MI

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Looking for your next fishing adventure? 🎣 Visit a fee fishing business—a private pond or lake where you pay a small fee to fish, no license required! 🐟 Catch a fish, snap a photo, and share it with #GLFFF, giving a shoutout to where you reeled it in. 🌊✨ #GreatLakesFishingLearn more at the link in bio.Photo Credit: Amy Shambach, Spring Valley Trout Farm, Dexter, MI

Most people associate jellyfish with the ocean, but there are freshwater jellyfish too. Native to China’s Yangtze River, Craspedacusta sowerbii has spread worldwide and has lived in the Great Lakes region for decades, including Illinois and Indiana.

With funding from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, researchers led by biologist Nadine Folino Rorem (Wheaton College) and Paulyn Cartwright (University of Kansas) are studying this species and the local environmental conditions where it thrives.

Full story: at the link in bio.

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Most people associate jellyfish with the ocean, but there are freshwater jellyfish too. Native to China’s Yangtze River, Craspedacusta sowerbii has spread worldwide and has lived in the Great Lakes region for decades, including Illinois and Indiana. With funding from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, researchers led by biologist Nadine Folino Rorem (Wheaton College) and Paulyn Cartwright (University of Kansas) are studying this species and the local environmental conditions where it thrives.Full story: at the link in bio.
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