List of Current Projects

Calumet Collaborative aims to transform the Calumet region through collective action on sustainable development projects - our current projects are listed below. 

Brownfield Redevelopment

Wayfinding

Calumet National Heritage Area (CNHA)

Bi-state Conservation Strategies

• Brownfield Mapping Project
• Community Engagement Project
• IIT Institute of Design “Future of Brownfields” Partnership
• Brownfield & Opportunity Zone Bootcamp Pitch Competition

• Calumet Heritage Area Identity & Branding Project with Implementation Toolkit
• Burnham Greenway Gap and Multimodal Connector
• Active Transportation Alliance Southside Trailblazers

• CNHA Coordinating Committee
• Region-wide Program & Events Calendar
• Comprehensive Management Planning
• ​Advocacy to achieve National Designation for the Heritage Area

• Grants Calendar & Database
• Volunteer Management, Strategy, and Recruitment
• Calumet Stormwater Collaborative
• Calumet Conservation Compact

Initiative & Project Dashboards

For more detail on the projects listed above, click on an initiative dashboard below - you'll learn more about the current projects we're involved in, along with project status and next steps. See something you want to be involved with on a dashboard? Let us know!

• Brownfield Redevelopment
• Wayfinding
• Calumet National Heritage Area Initiative
• Bi-state Conservation Strategies

Other Projects:

• Burnham Multimodal Connector & Burnham Greenway Gap

2018 Year in Review

Watch this video for a better understanding of projects that Calumet Collaborative and partners worked on in 2018. Thank you to our partners for their support!

Project Resources

Calumet Collaborative project specific resources by initiative are below. For more detail on our initiatives, head to "Focus Areas & Initiatives" under About on the menu bar. For a full list of resources, visit our Downloads page.

Brownfield Redevelopment:
The Future of Brownfields Partnership with Illinois Institute of Technology Institute of Design (IIT ID):

• "The Future of Brownfields" report
• "Brownfields: Critical Paths for Regional Redevelopment" report 
• ACT Calumet prototype booklet
• FLAG Calumet prototype booklet
• MINI Calumet prototype booklet
• Act Calumet Critical Report
  
• Act Calumet Design Brief
  

Calumet Brownfield Mapping Project

Calumet Brownfield Community Engagement

Conservation Strategies:
The Calumet Land Acquisition & Habitat Restoration Plan and Summary Factsheets:

• Ambler Flatwoods
• Hoosier Prairie
• Moraine

Calumet National Heritage Area Initiative:
Calumet Heritage Area Fact Sheet
Calumet Heritage Partnership Feasibility Study
​Calumet National Heritage Area Video

Wayfinding & Placemaking:
​Lakota Group Wayfinding Report
​Millennium Reserve & Greater Calumet Guidebook