Welcome to the Board Jo Trahms
Trahms is a director at William Blair where she works with companies in the environmental services sector.
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Our Concerns about a Casino on the Chicago River
The parcels that have been selected are some of the largest remaining river edge sites in Chicago and provide an intergenerational opportunity to get riverfront development right.
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Sign Up for Chicago River Day!
Since 1992 volunteers have removed an epic 1.9 million pounds of litter and invasive plant material from the river and its banks.
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Time for New Ways to Revel on the Riverfront for St. Patrick’s Day
Friends of the Chicago River would like to see the downtown tradition of dyeing the river green evolve into something that embraces the vastly improved health of the river system.
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Welcome to the Board Brad Pollock
Pollock is an expert in zero-waste system strategies to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
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Study Shows Advocating for the River System is Paying Off
However, more work needs to be done to sustain and accelerate health improvements from threats posed by rising chloride (salt) levels and the climate crisis.
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