Urban Rivers – Putting A Mile-Long Floating Garden On The Chicago River
Urban Rivers is a Chicago-based nonprofit, looking for donations and volunteers as we create a park on the east side of Goose Island in the Chicago River, along the banks of Whole Foods' Lincoln Park store.
As of June 2017, the park grew to 1,500 square feet, and we are now fundraising for an additional 25,000 square feet that will be installed in 2018.
Our larger goal is a mile-long park by 2020!
The park will primarily consist of floating gardens, which will serve as wildlife habitat, an urban agriculture test site and much more, all to be enjoyed by the local community – wildlife and people alike!
What we strive to achieve:
• Improve the water quality and beautify the urban landscape
• Create wildlife habitat where there currently is none
• Test the feasibility of safely growing edible plants on the river
• Teach the local community about their urban waterway(s) through educational programming and artistic integration
Donate: http://urbanriv.org/donate
Volunteer: http://urbanriv.org/volunteer/
(847) 903-6293
965 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60642