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25 <br /> Experience & Qualifications Experience & Qualifications <br /> Englewood Nature Trail <br /> i. 4 <br /> Community Engagement & Master Plan a r f x =A <br /> Chicago,IL - 4`'a y. <br /> The Englewood Nature Trail presents a unique opportunity to 1.75 miles <br /> 230acresIN <br /> create a neighborhood anchoring amenity for members of the fir:F <br /> Englewood community which will support economic growth and Completed 2023 r.. <br /> community revitalization. Services provided I r• - - :�- ,z <br /> Community Engagement <br /> Gensler is working with the City of Chicago, will also provide employment opportunities to master Planning <br /> Department of Planning and Development as well local residents and build upon the growing urban Architectural Design ! <br /> as the Department of Transportation to repurpose agricultural presence that has been in place for the urban Design K {'0 <br /> 1.75 miles of an abandoned railroad into a natural last 10 years. 1, <br /> recreation trail in the Englewood neighborhood <br /> on the city's South Side. Known as the Englewood Since Gensler began the planning process,the y W�. •_ Q444E'AVP <br /> Nature Trail,the recreational path will incorporate Englewood Nature Trail has secured more than$35 <br /> bike paths and a walking trail on the elevated million in state and federal grants from the State of <br /> rail embankment while preserving the natural Illinois and the US Department of Transportation. <br /> landscape that has taken over the rail line since it In a series of community engagement sessions <br /> was shuttered in the early 1970's. throughout 2022 and 2023,Gensler and the City <br /> of Chicago collaborated with members of the X. <br /> The trail will serve as the spine to a larger plan that Englewood community to listen to their feedback r <br /> will serve as a catalyst for revitalization for the and goals for the development of the trail.Top <br /> nation's first Agro-Eco district,where Englewood concerns were job creation,adaptive reuse of <br /> will serve as a economic center for urban buildings and promoting active transportation and <br /> � e v <br /> agriculture for both indoor and outdoor farming. connections to transit,as well as improve safety <br /> This emerging,neighborhood based plan is focused and mobility.All have been incorporated into the <br /> on supporting racial equity and economic growth plan and are in the process of being implemented. p `~ <br /> n a historically disadvantaged community.ItMM <br /> a ro a <br /> _ � ��. ► Wig.. <br /> P <br /> } <br /> _ x <br /> Gensler 128 Gensler 129 <br />