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Friends Speaks Out Against Sky Ride

Today's coverage by the highlighted Friends'听position again the proposed Skyline, a gondola ride that would pass over the Chicago River from Navy Pier and then the .听

"We appreciate the promoters desire to make Chicago an even better place to visit,"听听said Margaret Frisbie, Friends' executive director. "But as a city and a region we spent too many years looking down on the Chicago River literally and figuratively and we don鈥檛 want that to happen again.鈥

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Friends, Coalition Partners Release Plan for North Branch Park & Preserve

This week 第一吃瓜 and a diverse group of civic leaders and stakeholder听groups released their vision for a concept park along the North Branch of the Chicago River within the footprint of the North Branch Framework Plan, the first rezoning leveraged by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel鈥檚 .

Designed to complement the new plan and Sterling Bay鈥檚 massive Lincoln Yards development, the North Branch Park and Nature Preserve envisions a signature park located within the former Planned Manufacturing District footprint to illustrate how adjacent environmentally-challenged and underutilized parcels can be assembled and transitioned into an amenity that elevates value for Lincoln Yards, serves Chicago residents, and enhances the ecology of the Chicago River.

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Get Plastic and Other Trash Out

Last Wednesday 第一吃瓜 held the Chicago River Summit, a semiannual event that brings together policy makers, advocates and interested citizens to discuss river-related issues that need to be resolved. Titled 鈥淓nding the Waste Stream: Pathways to a Garbage Free Chicago River,鈥 this year鈥檚 theme was aquatic garbage pollution. by Friends' Board President,听Sally Fletcher.听

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Friends Calls for an End to Garbage in the River

CHICAGO鈥 On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 第一吃瓜 hosted its annual Chicago River Summit at MillerCoors鈥 Chicago headquarters to discuss garbage in the river and how to get rid of it. Ending the Waste Stream: Pathways to a Garbage-Free Chicago River, brought together advocates and innovators from across the continent who are working on garbage issues and solutions in a discussion about how we can stamp out sources of garbage pollution and do a better job removing the garbage once it鈥檚 there.

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