The workshop included a diverse group of residents, businesses, and property owners from the McKinley Park, Bridgeport, and Chinatown neighborhoods who share their unique perspectives about the accessibility challenges and opportunities in the area.

Friends of the Chicago River offers numerous ways to help you.

Hundreds of dedicated river advocates, civic leaders, and policy makers will celebrate our shared action and advocacy for the Chicago-Calumet River system and its tributary streams.

The changes in the Chicago River over the past decades are nothing short of incredible.

Hundreds of dedicated river advocates, civic leaders, and policy makers will gather at the Bog Fish Ball to celebrate our shared action and advocacy for the Chicago-Calumet River system and its tributary streams.

Friends of the Chicago River offers numerous ways to help you plan for Earth Day action starting on April 22, and continuing through the year.

Among the new requirements are the establishment of sensitive areas around 10 priority outfalls in high recreation areas and green infrastructure prioritizing environmental justice communities.