What's New!
$50,000 Matching Grant Challenge
We are thrilled to invite you to respond to Susan Schwartz’s Matching Grant Challenge to ensure we are on strong footing as we march toward our 50th anniversary a couple of years from now! As of early August, we are a third of the way there! Click here to donate.
We are thrilled to invite you to respond to Susan Schwartz’s Matching Grant Challenge to ensure we are on strong footing as we march toward our 50th anniversary a couple of years from now! As of early August, we are a third of the way there! Click here to donate.
State of the PACs Summit, September 30, 2023
Friends of the Parks has long supported Park Advisory Councils and other park partners through training, advocacy, fiscal sponsorship, and additional technical support. On September 30, 2023 we are hosting a State of the PAC's Summit to connect and dialogue about where we are at, the challenges we face, and decide together how we can move our collective vision for parks forward. Stay tuned for details and learn more here.
Friends of the Parks has long supported Park Advisory Councils and other park partners through training, advocacy, fiscal sponsorship, and additional technical support. On September 30, 2023 we are hosting a State of the PAC's Summit to connect and dialogue about where we are at, the challenges we face, and decide together how we can move our collective vision for parks forward. Stay tuned for details and learn more here.
September Walk with FOTP in 2023: Riis Park
Join us on September 16 for an informative walk with our friends at Northwest Center as we learn about this unique park and their work to improve It. Walk starts at noon. For details and to register, click here.
Join us on September 16 for an informative walk with our friends at Northwest Center as we learn about this unique park and their work to improve It. Walk starts at noon. For details and to register, click here.
Still Accepting Seed Grant Applications
Does your PAC or park partner group have some other great nature-based solutions ideas that we can help support with a 2023 Seed Grant? We still have some money to spend this calendar year and are excited to see your applications come in ASAP! We are vetting and funding projects on a rolling basis, so contact us with your ideas right away. Photo credit: Edgewater Environmental Coalition. Learn more here.
Does your PAC or park partner group have some other great nature-based solutions ideas that we can help support with a 2023 Seed Grant? We still have some money to spend this calendar year and are excited to see your applications come in ASAP! We are vetting and funding projects on a rolling basis, so contact us with your ideas right away. Photo credit: Edgewater Environmental Coalition. Learn more here.
Annual Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Commemoration, August 19, 2023
It is that time of year again! We are right around the corner from our annual DuSable Commemoration honoring the life and efforts of Jean Baptist Pointe DuSable, his wife Kitihawa, and the support they received from indigenous people in founding the City of Chicago. Registration for the event is encouraged but not required. Click here. Learn more about DuSable Park here.
It is that time of year again! We are right around the corner from our annual DuSable Commemoration honoring the life and efforts of Jean Baptist Pointe DuSable, his wife Kitihawa, and the support they received from indigenous people in founding the City of Chicago. Registration for the event is encouraged but not required. Click here. Learn more about DuSable Park here.
FOTP Office Warming Party, July 27, 2023
Thanks to all who came out to celebrate our 48th anniversary and our new home. Read more and see photos here.
Thanks to all who came out to celebrate our 48th anniversary and our new home. Read more and see photos here.
Netsch Lecture: Parks and Beaches as Nature-Based Solutions, July 19, 2023
We welcomed representatives from the Chicago Department of Transportation's Redefine the Drive team, who presented on their current modeling for a reimagined North Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive that better withstands the effects of erosion and flooding. See the recording here.
We welcomed representatives from the Chicago Department of Transportation's Redefine the Drive team, who presented on their current modeling for a reimagined North Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive that better withstands the effects of erosion and flooding. See the recording here.
July Walk with FOTP in 2023: McKinley Park
Our July walk brought us to McKinley Park, where we were joined by Alfredo Romo, Executive Director of Neighbors for Environmental Justice. Through the lenses of neighbors on the ground, we learned about the MAT Asphalt plant lurking in the parks background and the on-going battle to fight for a healthy McKinley Park in the face of environmental injustice.
Our July walk brought us to McKinley Park, where we were joined by Alfredo Romo, Executive Director of Neighbors for Environmental Justice. Through the lenses of neighbors on the ground, we learned about the MAT Asphalt plant lurking in the parks background and the on-going battle to fight for a healthy McKinley Park in the face of environmental injustice.
CDF Lawsuit! March 13, 2023
Together with Alliance of the Southeast and with the legal expertise of Environmental Law and Policy Center, we have filed a long-planned lawsuit to stop the US Army Corps of Engineers' plan to vertically expand a toxic dredge disposal facility, known as a “confined disposal facility” (“CDF”), on the shore of Lake Michigan at the Calumet River. Read more here.
Together with Alliance of the Southeast and with the legal expertise of Environmental Law and Policy Center, we have filed a long-planned lawsuit to stop the US Army Corps of Engineers' plan to vertically expand a toxic dredge disposal facility, known as a “confined disposal facility” (“CDF”), on the shore of Lake Michigan at the Calumet River. Read more here.
