Goal no. 1
Protect & Create Healthy Environments and Natural Areas
Key Initiative: Protect Natural Systems
Key Initiative: Utilize Green Infrastructure
Key Initiative: Increase Vegetation
Key Initiative: Manage Urban Tree Canopy
Key Initiative: Utilize On-site Soils
Goal no. 2
Implement Responsible Building and Site Development Strategies
Key Initiative: Reuse and Repurpose Existing Buildings
Key Initiative: Sustainable Product Purchasing
Key Initiative: Environmentally Sensitive Design Standards and Specifications
Key Initiative: Mandate Green Solutions in Design
Goal no. 3
Reduce Waste, Re-use Materials, and Recycle
Key Initiative: Reduce Waste
Key Initiative: Reuse Materials
Key Initiative: Recycle
Goal no. 4
Educate and Empower Employees, Students, and Community Members
Key Initiative: Staff Involvement
Key Initiative: Student Participation
Key Initiative: Community Partnerships
Key Initiative: Outreach & Education
Recycling and Sustainability Efforts
Through May 2024
Planted 974 trees among playfield system.
Just under 95,000 sq. ft. of new, no-mow/low maintenance grass.
Just under 7,300 sq. ft. of bioswale added.
Removal of 174, 620 sq. ft. of asphalt.
Kept 1,000’s of cubic yards of soil on site at 7 playfields, minimizing the amount reaching the landfill.
All quarry stone, trees, and sod sourced from Illinois and Wisconsin.
All new building furnishings manufactured in the Midwest with all components sourced within 200 miles.