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Edgewater Community Snapshot from CMAP
A Brief History of the Development of Edgewater, Edgewater Historical Society
Pullman Demographic Data from CMAP
Historical Pullman from Historic Pullman Foundation
Positioning Pullman from National Parks Conservation Association
Illinois EPA 2015 Environmental Cleanup and National Monument from Illinois EPA
Green Soap Factory from Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards
A sustainable refocus helps a historic Chicago community rebuild by Audrey Henderson, Canary Media
CMAP Community Data Snapshot | Jefferson Park, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Jefferson Park - Institute for Housing Studies - DePaul University, DePaul University Housing data
Jefferson Park history, Encyclopedia of Chicago
Jefferson-Park-GHG-Emissions-Summary.pdf, 2019 emissions data, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Community Organization:
Community Data Snapshot, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Emissions Report, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
History of Gage Park, Encyclopedia of Chicago
Environmental Justice Organization News Story, Hispanics in Philanthropy, 2024
Ravenswood History, Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce
Ravenswood Station, Electrify Chicago
Ravenswood TIF, City of Chicago
Business Resources, Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce
Community Data Snapshot, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Little Village History, Enlace Chicago
Air quality Issues, podcast by Lauryn Schneider
Englewood History by Itamar Steiner
Community Snapshot, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Englewood Pollution News, Maxwell Evans, Block Club Chicago
Air Factor Risk, First Street
Englewood COVID Recovery Plan, City of Chicago
Englewood Trail Health Impact
Englewood Environmental Organizations:
Community Data Snapshot, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Emissions Summary, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, 2019
Rogers Park History, Encyclopedia of Chicago
Air Factor Risk, First Street
COVID Recovery Plan, City of Chicago
Community Organizations:
Hegewisch Community Snapshot, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
"The history of the Southeast Side is instructive as students, others fight against General Iron" by Ron Grossman, The Chicago Tribune, Nov 15, 2021
"#DenyThePermit? A call for cumulative impacts legislation by frontline communities" by Kiana Courtney, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Dec 8, 2021
Calumet Connect Databook by the Alliance of the Great Lakes
For South Side residents, the fight for environmental justice is far from over by Samantha Moilanen, The DePaulia, January 22, 2023
Air quality in Chicago neighborhoods, the Environmental Law and Policy Center's Air Quality Chicago Project
Chicago Community Area Hardship Index 2016-2020 (This index examines the conditions of economic hardship within Chicago community areas. Economic hardship is the difficulty resulting from not having enough collective economic resources available to families in a specified area. )
Annual Average Daily Traffic Information for Chicago (including a layer for the average daily truck traffic counts)
Sustainability and Climate Resilience Plan Progress Report (2018-2021), Forest Preserves of of Cook County
The 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region, Makra, Edith and Ned Gardiner, 2021. Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, NOAA, and U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit.
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (They have several initiatives including diversity, transportation, environment, housing&community.)
Environmental Justice Index Methodology for Chicago