Illinois’ Healthy Water Solutions Coalition has a vision for Chicago’s future.
It
includes revitalizing the Chicago River via restoring the natural
divide between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins.
Physical separation of the basins and Lake Michigan
is the only permanent solution to prevent invasive species from
transferring through the Chicago waterways, members of the coalition
said at it’s public “Changing Course: Revitalizing the Chicago River”
talk Wednesday night. The meeting was set to get more people engaged with the issue.
“This is about a lot more than Asian carp,” said Tim Eder, executive director of the Great Lakes Commission.
“This is about more than just one fish that threatens Lake Michigan.
It’s about a number of different invasive species ... but it’s also about
more than fish, and the ecosystem, and the lake. It’s about restoring
and utilizing a precious resource that in many ways the city has turned
its back on.”
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Local residents could begin to feel a financial pinch at the kitchen
sink as more private investment firms take aim at public water
utilities.
The Cook County Board passed a resolution today setting up a committee that has 60 days to devise a model for a county
land bank, an ambitious proposal that board President Toni Preckwinkle 
The Infrastructure Trust ordinance, a plan where private investors will fund public infrastructure, 
The dramatic Chicago Transit Authority announcement yesterday that it would suspend service on all its South Side Chicago Red Line train stations for five months next year could hold a crucial silver lining: CTA may be putting its ducks in a row to extend the Red Line to 130th St.