5.1 Climate-resilient Infrastructure

5.1 Invest in climate-resilient infrastructure to address decades of disinvestment in Black and Latine communities.

Lead Department: Department of Environment and Sustainability

FY24 Highlighted Accomplishments:

• Completed Calumet City’s Winchester Avenue green street design under the RainReady program to reduce negative impacts of flooding in the Calumet Corridor.
• Advanced the community planning phase of the Climate Resiliency Planning for Communities by engaging stakeholders in suburban municipalities.
• Established 13 community partnerships and engaged community members to participate in the Resilience Hubs project teams.

Implementation Status: On track – meaningful progress advanced