Publications
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2010 Publications
Creative Funding Strategies for Remediation of Lead and Other Healthy Housing Hazards: A Guide for Increasing
Private-Sector Financing Guidebook (3.48MB)
The Delta Redevelopment Institute developed the Creative Funding Strategies for Remediation of Lead and Other Healthy Housing Hazards: A Guide for Increasing
Private-Sector Financing Guidebook to inform lenders about incentives for certain types of health-related improvements and encourage them to become more actively involved in financing healthy home improvements. We also wanted to inform government and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) about the important role they play in creating and supporting private lending programs.
Blue Island Brownfields Report: A Technical Report and Recommendations (1.89MB)
This technical report was prepared for the City of Blue Island by the Delta Redevelopment Institute as part of the work plan for a federal EPA Brownfields Assessment grant that was awarded to the City in 2007. The purpose of this report is to educate City staff and other brownfield stakeholders to make for a more informed decision-making process as well as to lay the groundwork for creating new tools that contribute to a more permanent brownfields redevelopment program.
2009 Publications
The Delta Brochure (0.2MB)
Market Analysis of Construction and Demolition Material Reuse in the Chicago Region (1.1MB)
A report on the capacity, obstacles, best practices and policymaking for building material reuse in Chicago, commissioned by the Delta Institute and funded through a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Green Economic Development Strategies for the Chicago Region (1.2 MB) - June 2009 (Version 2 posted August 24, 2009)
The Delta Redevelopment Institute worked with RCF Economic & Financial Consulting to develop economic development strategies for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) for its long-range plan (GO TO 2040 Plan). Delta�s report is focused on green economic growth strategies for both emerging green sectors (e.g. green energy, green building products and services, waste recycling) as well as the greening of existing sectors. Goals, objectives, strategies, and indicators are included in the report to inform decisions throughout the region. For more information on the GO TO 2040 Plan, please visit www.goto2040.org.
Greener Cleanups: Quick Guide for Indianapolis (50KB) � September 2009
Have you heard of greener cleanups but been confused about what they are or unsure how they can benefit your brownfield redevelopment project? Delta has developed a new Quick Guide to Greener Cleanups to provide basic information and easy-to-digest advice for local economic development professionals who don�t want to wade through the technical literature.
The Quick Guide answers questions like �What is A Greener Cleanup?� and �Why should I care?� It also provides a summary of how different techniques vary in terms of time, money and environmental benefits. The first edition of the Quick Guide is geared toward redevelopment in Indiana, and includes state brownfield program information along with case studies of greener cleanups in Indianapolis.
For information on how to get a Quick Guide tailored to your state or area, contact Chris Slattery at the Delta Institute at (312) 554-0900 X21 or cslattery@delta-institute.org.
2008 Publications
Removing Market Barriers to Green Development: Principles and action projects to promote widespread adoption of green development practices (1.5MB)
The final report of the Market Barriers to Green Development Initiative, a broad-based dialogue and research project examining how the market may intentionally or unintentionally create barriers to green development practices.
Ecosystem-Based Environmental Management System
Assessment Report for Muskegon Lake (1.5MB)
The first document of the Lake Michigan Forum Sustainable Ports Initiative. Delta, as facilitator of the Forum, employed its Eco-EMS approach to analyze the environmental footprint of port and marina operations along Muskegon Lake.
The Lumpkin Local Food Program: Report and Recommendations (2MB)
Delta's report and recommendations to the Lumpkin Family Foundation on the challenges and opportunities of developing a diversified local food system in east central Illinois.
2007 Publications
The Delta Workbook (5.2MB)
The Delta Workbook is a starting place to help you understand our services. To obtain a hard copy, please email delta@delta-institute.org.
2006 Publications
Delta Institute Progress Report, 2006 (3.9MB)
To obtain a hard copy, please email delta@delta-institute.org.
Great Lakes Basic Training -- Manual (6.9MB)
With Joyce Foundation funding, Delta Institute has developed a crash course, called Great Lakes Basic Training, to provide state officials with a solid background on Great Lakes environmental concerns and challenge them to think creatively about solutions. Five interactive modules cover the physical, biological and economic importance of the Great Lakes system; key historic problems and current environmental issues; treaties, agreements and compacts that govern protection efforts; institutional players active in the region; from tribal organizations to the International Joint Commission; and emerging policy opportunities.
Delta has delivered the one-day course to state agency personnel in each of the eight Great Lakes states and is now working on a shorter, executive version for decision-makers in the region and in Washington, D.C. For more information or to request course materials, please contact Bill Schleizer.
2005 Publications
There were no public publications in 2005.
2004 Publications
Baird
Creek Watershed Stewardship Assessment (3MB)
The Delta Institute coordinates the Lake Michigan Forum and assisted the Forum in assessing the Baird Creek watershed in
Wisconsin's Green Bay region. The assessment provides recommendations for local government, public stakeholders, agencies,
and landowners to improve environmental stewardship in the Baird Creek
watershed.
West
Creek: From Management to Implementation Plan (279kb)
The Delta Institute and the West Creek Preservation
Committee have created an implementation strategy and plan
to protect and restore the West Creek Watershed in northeastern
Ohio.
2003 Publications
Delta Institute Progress Report, 2003 (3.9MB)
Our 2003 Progress Report details the strides that the Delta
Institute and Delta Redevelopment Institute (formerly ChicagoLand REDI) have made in developing
sustainable communities. To obtain a hard copy, please email delta@delta-institute.org.
Mona
Lake Watershed Stewardship Assessment (524 Kb)
Collaborating with elected officials as well as organizations and agencies working on
watershed issues, Delta Institute coordinated the Lake Michigan Forum’s stewardship assessment in the Mona Lake watershed in western Michigan. By implementing the assessments recommendations, leaders
in local government and business, along with everyday citizens, can
play significant roles in ensuring long-term environmental quality in
the Mona Lake region.
Economic
Benefits of the Grand Calumet River Remediation Project: Evidence from
the Gary Housing Market (566 Kb)
This report summarizes a formal analysis of
the economic benefits of the U. S. Steel Corporation’s Grand Calumet River Remediation Project. The project removed highly-contaminated sediments from the 5-mile east branch of the Grand Calumet River, which runs through Gary, Indiana. The analysis is the first phase of a conceptual redevelopment master plan for the east branch of the river, conducted by a
partnership of the Delta Institute, the Grand Calumet Task Force,
and City of Gary. This larger planning process is known as the Gary
Riverfront Revival.
2002 Publications
Brownfield
Prevention Program: Model Ordinance, Resources, and Data (91 Kb)
The Delta Institute developed a model brownfield prevention ordinance
on behalf of the South Suburban Chicago Brownfields Coalition. The
ordinance creates an incentive for pollution prevention planning and
establishes an assurance that larger companies have the capacity to
address contamination problems should they occur. The ordinance applies
to both large and small owners and operators of facilities that handle
and release toxic chemicals as well as facilities that reprocess
construction and demolition materials.
Sector-Based
Pollution Prevention - Toxic Reductions through Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Among Industrial Boilers (142 Kb)
In July 1999, the Delta Institute launched a partnership
with the Council of Industrial Boiler Owners to reduce emissions of Binational Toxics Strategy Level I and Level II
pollutants from industrial boilers by implementing
selected energy efficiency technologies and methods. The project
hypothesized that energy efficiency measures offer significant
opportunities to reduce both energy consumption and toxic emissions.
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Tables & Appendices
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- Table 3-2
- Appendix C - Detailed Emissions Aggregation Tables
2001 Publications
Reducing Toxic Air Pollution in Lake Michigan (1.48MB)
Alarming levels of PCBs, mercury, dioxin.
Evaluation
of the Good Neighbors United Initiative (50k)
The Southeast Michigan Good Neighbors United Initiative
(GNUI) was a
collaborative effort to address environmental issues in the Lower
Rouge/Southwest Detroit area. Participants included representatives from
industry, local government, community and environmental organizations, and
environmentalists. The project targeted communities in Allen Park,
Dearborn, Southwest Detroit, Ecorse, Lincoln Park, Melvindale. Delta interviewed participants from all communities and stakeholder groups to evaluate the effort and produce this report.
A Guide to Mercury Reduction in
Industrial and Commercial Settings
Mercury is a "critical pollutant" of concern due to its toxic and
bio-accumulative properties in wildlife and humans. This document
provides a protocol for developing and implementing a mercury reduction
plan by identifying and eliminating non-essential mercury sources and
finding alternatives to industrial mercury uses. The guide provides information on common mercury sources, as well as how to inventory everyday equipment in a business that
may contain mercury.
2000 Publications
2000
Delta Institute Progress Report, 2000 (1.96MB)
Atmospheric Deposition of Toxics to the Great Lakes: Science and Policy (549k)
Reports from the Regional Dialogue on Clean Air and Development: Executive Summary (1.2MB), Report (1.3MB)
