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Friends of the Chicago River was among Chicago Innovation’s 2023 innovators celebrated in New York this week when the 2023 Innovation Award winners rang the Opening Bell of the NASDAQ Stock Market on Wall Street.
In November, Friends and our partners at the Trust for Public Land were recognized as Climate Champions at the Chicago Innovation Awards for our leadership in creating the Natural Solutions Tool. Chicago Innovation’s Climate Change Initiative was established to elevate the issue of the devastating impact of climate change and to promote and amplify solutions to it such as the Natural Solutions Tool.