Cheryl Johnson People for Community Recovery led an inspiring day with students & community leaders last Thursday! Joined by the #MWRD 's Jennie Harrel, they celebrated art's importance with Principal Afua Agyeman-Badu & artist Damon Reed, unveiling a new mural at Aldridge Elementary CPS - Chicago Public Schools

On #ArborDay2024 , we are proud to share our success with a new citywide area tree trimming! Crews now trim all trees in one area, ⬆️ equity & efficiency, and allowing proper maintenance of tree canopy. This year crews trimmed 96,328 trees compared to 35,496 last year, ⬆️ of 171%!

Great to join Chicago 2024 Host Committee CDPH | Chicago Department of Public Health Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation and CDOT to kick off #ArborDay2024 at Hubert Touhy Park on the West Side. Planting trees in partnership with organizations and Chicago residents across the City makes #OurRootChicago so meaningful🌲🩷🌎

Proud to join my home team to advance the goals of #OurRootsChicago and plant 14 new trees in Armour Square! Join us in planting 75,000 trees over the next 5 years by planting a tree in front of your home. Contact 311 for more info.

Happy Earth Day🌎! Today @sustainchicago joined Mayor of Chicago to welcome our partners from the The White House and Treasury Department to discuss maximizing federal investments available through the Inflation Reduction Act to equitably advance our clean energy priorities!

Join us for the 2024 One Earth Film Fest, the Midwest’s premier environmental film fest! Attend a free screening of Common Ground (Movie) at the Chicago Cultural Center. Let's celebrate our 🌎 & work towards a sustainable future together! Details & tix: oneearthfilmfest.org/films-az-2024/….
#OneEarthFilmFest

I'm SO proud of our Chicago ParkDistrict team, volunteers, friends, and partners committed to keeping our parks clean year-round and especially today, as we celebrate
#EarthDay2024 🌎🌳🪻
Friends of the Parks #Sustainability

Exciting milestone for the Bike Chicago program – we’ve given away 2,000 free bikes to Chicagoans who need them! 🚲🚲🚲

That’s thousands more people with access to a convenient, fun, and sustainable way to get around.

With the 7th pick of the 2024 WNBA Draft, we select Angel Reese from LSU

Welcome to Skytown, Angel Reese!

Lvejo solar is happy to announce that the 2024 Solar Training Application is now open! Link here: forms.gle/fHNAtwgEgg2xyv… 🌻

Apply by June 22nd
☀️Classes start August 5th and end November 22nd
☀️Monday - Thursday 9am - 12pm
☀️An info session is mandatory- NEXT SESSION IS MAY 18!

DSS Recycling staff was excited to see the creative art projects displayed last week at Linne Elementary's Food Waste Prevention Week event! The students were also happy to learn about #composting , and the City's FREE Food Scrap Drop-off Program. Sign up: chicago.gov/city/en/sites/…

Happy solar eclipse day, everybody. 😎

Chicago is fast-tracking critical development with a new initiative, assessing generations of redlining by streamlining the approval process for new housing and commercial construction.

Chi.gov/cut-the-tape

Check out this great opportunity for diverse business interests!

Special community meeting at 6 p.m. on Tues. Apr. 9. Register to attend at bit.ly/Dev20Eng this powerful collaborative effort from Chicago DPD , Chicago Department of Housing, & ChicagoBACP !

All communities across the country need access to equitable and affordable clean energy.

Glad to see this strategy by President Biden + U.S. Department of Energy to keep communities healthy & reach equity through climate action.

NOW: Mayor Brandon Johnson names Sendy Soto as Chicago's first Chief Homelessness Officer at the ribbon cutting of the Lawson House Apartments. The building now offers 406 affordable units in the heart of Gold Coast after serving the city's vulnerable for decades.
Block Club Chicago

Great to join Mayor Brandon Johnson Rep. Danny K. Davis and Acting Secretary Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman to announce Department of Housing and Urban Development's deep investments in #equitabledecarbonization in Chicago. Congrats to the local awardees POAH Chicago and Jonathan Rose Co. NY.