For five years now, Chad Pregracke, a 26-year old Illinois resident, has been on a heroic personal mission to clean up the Mississippi. His efforts have won him an award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
"For five years now, he has been hauling junk out of the Mississippi River" - refrigerators, washing machines, even a van. His team members "also have hauled in the top half of a school bus. One 1950 International Harvester truck. And at last count: 3,608 tires, 1,012 steel drums, 64 television sets, four canoes and two prosthetic legs...He started his river cleanup mission when he was just a few years out of high school...Now there's a nonprofit foundation, a board of directors and a roster of corporate donors to fund a $300,000-a-year budget...He's won a prestigious award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. His work has been featured on CNN and in Time and Life magazines."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
FULL STORY: Wresting Refuse From the Mississippi
Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
Canada vs. Kamala: Whose Liberal Housing Platform Comes Out on Top?
As Canada votes for a new Prime Minister, what can America learn from the leading liberal candidate of its neighbor to the north?
The Five Most-Changed American Cities
A ranking of population change, home values, and jobs highlights the nation’s most dynamic and most stagnant regions.
New York MTA Says No More Borrowing, Will Cut Costs Instead
The agency says it won’t take out any new loans to finance its planned improvements and is finding other ways to cut costs.
Research: More Complex Streets Are Safer
Streets that offer more perceived obstacles and distractions can force drivers to slow down and drive more carefully.
San Diego Adopts First Mobility Master Plan
The plan provides a comprehensive framework for making San Diego’s transportation network more multimodal, accessible, and sustainable.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions