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

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!

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

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