CHICAGO | General Developments

[LouisVanDerWright]

Heard through the grapevine that Quigley has earmarked the required funds to complete the first phase of the Weber Spur trail in North Mayfair. This will create a bike path from the North Branch trail in LaBagh Woods as far as the viaduct over Elston behind the Mayfair Target.

Ultimately this project will have a phase II that extends the trail all the way to Wilson and Cicero providing grade separated bike and pedestrian access over the Edens. Supposedly the reason that it has been phased is that UP is a bitch to work with and totally ignores projects like this. I guess the only reason they've gotten this far is that the local politicians were pissed after that kids dog fell off the Foster viaduct and died last year. Apparently they were fed up with UP to the point that they basically said "we are going to jam all your projects in the city until you address this one".

[ithakas]

My building's property managers use an app called Rise to manage all sorts of things – everything from rent payments to QR codes for package room entry to notices and reminders to residents from them.

I imagine a fair number of the big rental buildings are using these now, and it could be a nice way to solicit community feedback on proposals/issues—property managers could share info on a proposal and get consent that resident feedback is shared with the local alder—rather than relying on the community group-dominated meetings. It feels like a tool that isn't being used to get more representative feedback.

[Urbannizer]

https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/9...groundbreaking