Image of a site visit with Planning Committee members to a property along the Calumet River to assess methods for restoring the river edge. 

The Friends of the Chicago River Planning Committee consists of knowledgeable volunteer professionals from the fields of design, development, construction, planning, engineering, ecology, and marine recreation. The Planning Committee's primary role is to provide technical assistance to Friends' staff to guide river edge developments, planning, urban design, and maintenance. 

The Planning Committee has many resources and extensive knowledge of developing on the edge of the river through a diversity of professional expertise represented. The Planning Committee meets quarterly, as needed, throughout the year to review and discuss development projects along the Chicago-Calumet River system. Committee members are invited to tour river edge sites as needed when their technical assistance is requested. 

For questions about the Planning Committee, please contact Amy Heldman, Friends' senior planner and GIS manager at aheldman@chicagoriver.org

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Current Members of the Planning Committee

Committee Coordinators

Adam Flickinger, AICP
Planning Director, Friends of the Chicago River

Amy Heldman
Senior Planner & GIS Manager, Friends of the Chicago River 

Committee Volunteer Members

Megan Abney

Ethan Appelgren
Hey & Associates

Peter Bator
SpaceCo Inc.

Cathy Breitenbach
Chicago Park District

Grant Crowley
Board Member, Friends of the Chicago River

Tom Honn

Margaret Lobbig
Argonne National Laboratory

Daniel Loewenstein
Board Member, Friends of the Chicago River

Jim Mark
Board Member, Friends of the Chicago River, Wight & Co.

Natalie Moore
Cullen Construction Management 

Kelly Murphy
MKSK

Cassandra Rice
Perkins&Will

Tricia Ruffolo
Cook County

Stephen Schuster
Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.

Wade Splinter
STL Architects

William Wellington
SmithGroup

Rick Whitney
Fitzgerald Architects

Curtis Witek
RS&H

Lakeshia Wright
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