{"id":25188,"date":"2025-01-31T13:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=25188"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:50:54","slug":"chicago-rio-calumet-zona-sureste-justicia-medioambiental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/01\/31\/chicago-calumet-river-southeast-side-environmental-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Funcionarios de Chicago Recaudan Aportes Comunitarios Para Los Corredores Industriales Del Sureste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f05b4c62a17\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Kenneth Litzkey, 53, wants to see training for existing small businesses and more bus lines in his community. He wrote the ideas on a post-it note and fastened it to one of the dozens of poster boards at an open house hosted by the city on the Far South Side.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) hosted the event Thursday evening, during which local residents could speak to city officials and offer ideas for improvements and developments for the Calumet area, which spans 10,300 acres and includes about six miles of the Calumet River which runs into Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>On their wishlists, residents expressed interest in expanding outdoor recreational opportunities, adding more health centers, allowing access to the river and halting additional heavy industrial activity in their community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f05b4c63f24\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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\" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Litzkey is cautiously optimistic about the city delivering on potential plans to improve the area he has lived in since he was 3 years old. \u201cWith first-time stuff, there are many variables,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of how this gets done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DPD officials said the open house was the beginning of a year-long community engagement process to collect suggestions that will help inform the city\u2019s land use and design guidelines for the next 10 to 20 years. According to officials, the city last drafted a plan of this kind for the area <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/content\/dam\/city\/depts\/zlup\/Sustainable_Development\/Publications\/Calumet_Design_Guidelines_Land_Use\/Calumet_Area_Land_Use_Plan.pdf\">over 20 years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DPD plans to host two more events of this kind in 2025 and provide other opportunities for the public to share ideas through focus groups, surveys and smaller community events. DPD looks to submit a draft plan to the city\u2019s Plan Commission in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f05b4c66bbb\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_Featured_02-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Suggestions from community members were added to a neighborhood map at the Calumet Area Land Use open house in the South Chicago Salud Center. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Oscar Gomez\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f05b4c67916\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 id=\"150-years-of-industrial-activity\">150 Years Of Industrial Activity<\/h2>\n<p>Calumet Area is a hub for commercial transportation and has been home to about 150 years of industrial activity. This activity brought waves of immigrants to Chicago\u2019s Southeast Side but also polluted it and disrupted its rich ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, it has been the center of environmental justice movements, which have led to a reimagining of the area with the surrounding community\u2019s well-being in mind. However, the lead-up to this moment has been tumultuous.<\/p>\n<p>Southsiders and environmental justice advocacy groups have long asked for the area to be cleaned up and made more accessible. They\u2019ve also asked for the city to revise its zoning and land use laws and consider how they affect the well-being of its low-income residents and residents of color. The Calumet area comprises several neighborhoods, home to majority Black residents and 20% Hispanic or Latino with a median income that is less than half of the city median, according to stats shared by the city Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f05b4c687f1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_03-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">A home sits near the Calumet River in the East Side neighborhood of Chicago on South Ewing Avenue.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Oscar Gomez\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f05b4c6944f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Revisiting the Calumet area\u2019s land use is part of a larger effort by the city to reform its zoning and land use policies, which the federal government found racially discriminatory in an investigation in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental justice advocates sparked the federal investigation when they <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2021\/05\/06\/reclaiming-the-sacrifice-zone-stop-general-iron-environmental-justice\/\">called out the city\u2019s<\/a> approval to relocate General Iron, a scrap metal recycling facility, from the majority-white neighborhood of Lincoln Park to the Southeast Side. They argued that the move was part of a pattern of city actions leading to polluting industries concentrated in communities of color on the South and West Sides.<\/p>\n<p>It resulted in a settlement between the city and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that required the city to address the issue or risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the city is considering community input regarding the environment, economic well-being, health and infrastructure in the Calumet area. DPD said it is collecting community suggestions to inform the drafting of a new land use plan and design guidelines for the area by next year, which could include proposals to rezone parts of the areas currently designated as industrial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is such an exciting and huge thing because it creates the opportunity for some real change [\u2026] to open up our community to receive other land uses, more residential, more commercial, more potential green space,\u201d said Yessenia Balcazar, a lifelong resident of the Southeast Side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69f05b4c69de8\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-23948\" class=\"post-23948 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-organizing tag-acmesuperfund\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/11\/12\/chicago-acme-steel-coke-plant-superfund-environmental-justice-southeast-side\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024_11_11-Superfund-Site_Web_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/11\/12\/chicago-acme-steel-coke-plant-superfund-environmental-justice-southeast-side\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">EPA Officials, Southeast Side Residents Workshop Ideas for Former Acme Coke Plant<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/mauricio-pena\/\" title=\"View all posts by Aydali Campa\">Aydali Campa<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/11\/12\/chicago-acme-steel-coke-plant-superfund-environmental-justice-southeast-side\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">noviembre 12, 2024<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>As the senior resilient community planning manager for the Southeast Environmental Task Force (SETF), Balcazar, along with Muse, an urban planning and public engagement firm, is collaborating with the city to engage the community in drafting the new land use plan. SETF led the campaign against the relocation of General Iron.<\/p>\n<p>The area\u2019s industrial activity significantly altered the region over the years. The Calumet River is polluted and largely inaccessible to residents, and some of its surrounding land is vacant and contaminated due to a decline in the steel industry since the 1980s. The area is home to three <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2024\/11\/12\/chicago-acme-steel-coke-plant-superfund-environmental-justice-southeast-side\/\">Superfund sites<\/a>, some of the country&#8217;s most polluted pieces of land slated to undergo a federal government remediation process.<\/p>\n<p>The areas looking to be revitalized include three industrial corridors, Burnside, Pullman, and Calumet, designated for industrial and manufacturing activity.<\/p>\n<p>The area also includes the Calumet Open Space Reserve, born out of the area\u2019s last land use plan drafted over 20 years ago. 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margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_01_31_CalumetRiver_04-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">A vertical-lift bridge and industrial land at the mouth of the Calumet River near the South Chicago neighborhood in Chicago. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Oscar Gomez\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f05b4c7055f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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However, it continues to have some vacant and underutilized areas that can be improved, Mich noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city wants to make sure these industrial corridors are working long term,\u201d said Mich. \u201cWe want to make sure that we&#8217;re protecting and enhancing those [natural resources], and in the neighborhoods that surround this area, we want to make sure that folks not only have access to jobs, but access to clean air and clean water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago natives John Moreno, 45, and Omar Pi\u00f1a, 45, hope to see just that. New to the Far South Side, they both attended the event to learn more about the area&#8217;s future. Moreno moved from the North Side and bought a house in the area about a year and a half ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the community needs more access to the river,\u201d said Moreno, \u201cI came for the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Moreno and Pi\u00f1a work rehabbing homes and are optimistic about future investments in improving the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see a lot of potential here,\u201d said Pi\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes to see less heavy industry come into the area and the preservation of abandoned industrial structures.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/sites\/calumet\/home.html\">sign up to receive updates<\/a> on upcoming engagement events for the city\u2019s revitalization efforts on the Far South Side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f05b4c715c2\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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