CDF Park Design Session
June 30
Join us for a virtual session facilitated by the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) summer design studio class. Informed by previous schematics from our community charettes years ago, as well as updated neighborhood input, they will be producing potential design scenarios for the CDF site once it finally becomes a park.
Next to Calumet Park, at the confluence of Calumet River and Lake Michigan, sits a Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) that stores the toxic sediment dredged from the Calumet river. IL General Assembly and Chicago Park District promised to convert the site into a park once the CDF was full.
Our student presenters from IIT bring passionate and expertise in converting dredge and landfill facilities into parks, slate material, and landscape architecture.
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Next to Calumet Park, at the confluence of Calumet River and Lake Michigan, sits a Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) that stores the toxic sediment dredged from the Calumet river. IL General Assembly and Chicago Park District promised to convert the site into a park once the CDF was full.
Our student presenters from IIT bring passionate and expertise in converting dredge and landfill facilities into parks, slate material, and landscape architecture.
Click the button below to register!
Visions and Future directions of the last four miles
June 15
We’ve been working diligently for the last few years on the Last 4 Miles vision segment that calls for the closure and capping of the Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) at the confluence of Lake Michigan and the Calumet River. But now, there is renewed opportunity to revisit and remind people about other parts of the plan, especially as concerns about lakeshore erosion and the possibility of federal infrastructure dollars energy.
Moderated by our Director of Policy and Advocacy Rachel Birkhahn-Rommelfanger and Policy and Communications Associate Julie Malnak
Lecturers include:
-Paul Boyd
-Thom Greene
Hosted by:
-Maria Villallobos Hernandez, IIT Professor
Panel including:
-Kimberly Fair, Illinois Environmental Council
-Iyana Simba, Illinois Environmental Council
-Joel Brammeier, Alliance for the Great Lakes
Moderated by our Director of Policy and Advocacy Rachel Birkhahn-Rommelfanger and Policy and Communications Associate Julie Malnak
Lecturers include:
-Paul Boyd
-Thom Greene
Hosted by:
-Maria Villallobos Hernandez, IIT Professor
Panel including:
-Kimberly Fair, Illinois Environmental Council
-Iyana Simba, Illinois Environmental Council
-Joel Brammeier, Alliance for the Great Lakes
Read our panelists' bios:
| netsch_lecture_speakers_list.docx |
Click the button to see our presentation slides:
| netsch_lecture_l4m.pptx.pdf |
Watch the recording
Upcoming Topics
- Natural River's Edge presentation
- De-Paving Chicago lecture
- Live tour of Rock Drawings along the lake
