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Blue Island to launch rain barrel initiative
  • Sep 26, 2012
City aims to reduce flooding through green infrastructure projects (Blue Island, Ill.) … To help manage stormwater in a flooding-prone neighborhood on the city’s northeast side, the City of Blue Island in September will partner with the nonprofit Metropolitan Planning Council and a…
Walmart senior exec discusses new urban retail strategy, company's plans to roll out minority supplier program in Chicago, at MPC Annual Luncheon
  • Jun 27, 2011
At its 2011 Annual Luncheon, Metropolitan Planning Council also awards the Burnham Award for Excellence in Planning to Magellan Development Group for Lakeshore East (Chicago)….. As Walmart continues to expand in the Chicago market with a focus on smaller format stores, the company is…
Chicago ranks 10th for metro areas its size with poor access to transit for seniors
  • Jun 15, 2011
Chicago – By 2015, more than 15.5 million Americans ages 65 and older will live in communities where public transportation service is poor or non-existent, a new study shows. That number is expected to continue to grow rapidly as the baby boom generation “ages in place” in suburbs…
Will Chicago's next mayor lead on environmental issues?
Now that we're all dug out from the blizzard, the Environmental Law & Policy Center's (ELPC) webinar on the Green Growth Platform for Chicago’s next mayor has been rescheduled for this Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 9:30 am (CST). Please register on ELPC's site. The Green Growth Platform and…
Chicago’s Next Mayor Will Support Green City Policies
  • Jan 18, 2011
Questionnaire Responses Show All Candidates Support “Green Growth Platform” of Leading Chicago Environmental Groups Chicago - All of Chicago’s mayoral candidates committed to improving Chicago’s environment through their responses to the Green Growth Platform issued by the…
Obesity in Chicago: The Problem and Some Solutions
  • Presentation
  • Nov 11, 2010
Presented by Adam Becker, PhD, MPH, executive director, Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children, on Nov. 3, 2010, at the MPC roundtable, "Alternative Avenues: How Livable Communities Promote Health and Wellness," sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. The presentation examines…
MPC's Nov. 3 roundtable will explore how livable communities promote health, wellness
By Aleece Smith, MPC research assistant Thanks to the health care debate, most of us are familiar with the financial woes, social isolation, and high morbidity rates caused by poor health. We know that practicing unhealthy behaviors will likely lead us to one or more of these bleak consequences.…
There's money to be made by living near transit
The other day on the El, I noticed an advertisement prominently promoting the web site LivebyTransit.com. Like a bee to honey, I typed the address into my Blackberry to check it out. Turns out New Urban Property Services, which bills itself as “Chicago’s only Transit-Oriented Real…
Michael Webber on the energy-water nexus
  • Video
  • Aug 5, 2010
Metropolitan Planning Council and Openlands hosted a roundtable on Aug. 3, 2010, focused on the connections between energy and water use. This was the second event in our summer series, "Choosing our Water Future," and topics explored included: * The energy demands of water systems, and the water…
Down the Drain, Up in Smoke: Exploring the Water-Energy Nexus in the Chicago Region
  • Audio
  • Aug 3, 2010
Listen to this Aug. 3, 2010, event, the second in MPC and Openland's summer series, "Choosing our Water Future." This roundtable explores: The energy demands of water systems, and the water demands of energy production, The impact of energy costs for water consumption on municipal budgets in…

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