Protect, Preserve and Expand our Green Legacy: Openlands Lakeshore Preserve

Openlands Lakeshore Preserve The Openlands Lakeshore Preserve on Lake Michigan at the former Fort Sheridan in Highland Park opened to the public for the first time in a century in September 2009. Because has only 60 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, adding a 3/4 mile long ravine and a mile of un- developed lake bluffs and shoreline – both with spectacu- lar views – is a major milestone for our region’s perma-

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REGIONAL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE Our region’s communities are connected through a network of open spaces and natural areas — greenways and trails, Presenting Sponsor for the Environment wetlands, parks and forest preserves — from southeastern Wisconsin through Illinois to northwestern Indiana. Charles Westerman A century ago, Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett un- Richard Mariner veiled their Plan of , a framework for growth in the Because it had been closed to the public for a century, greater Chicago area. Their vision included a network of the Lakeshore Preserve remained one of the last intact forest preserve districts, open spaces and trails that laid the foundation for the green infrastructure that so enriches the ravine/bluff ecosystems in the Chicago region. With a $4 million grant from the Grand Victoria Foundation, Open- quality of life in our three-state Chicago metropolis. lands has begun an ecological restoration program. In the All of the Burnham Plan Centennial Green Legacy Projects GREEN LEGACY PROJECTS first phase of the project, Bartlett Ravine was restored. It will be followed by restoration of the bluff and two other build on many years of hard work by civic organizations, One of the priority goals of the Burnham Plan Centennial ravines. Preserving regionally significant open space community residents, foundations and government. They are the enduring legacy of Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago, is to make real progress in closing important gaps in the and protecting our shoreline are two Green Legacy goals are critical to the long-term health of the region, and serve region’s green infrastructure, and to build momentum for exemplified by the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, the creating the nation’s greenest region during the next 100 as catalysts for improving our quality of life over the next 100 success of which helps build momentum throughout the years. Across the metropolitan area, the Burnham Plan years. Centennial and the nonprofit organization Openlands have region to complete our trail system, to expand neigh- identified more than 20 “Green Legacy” projects that close borhood green spaces, to connect us to our rivers and For more information about the Burnham Plan Centennial some of these critical gaps. When completed, these projects streams, and to restore and steward our native habitats. and its Green Legacy Projects visit will help to: • Complete Our Region’s Trail System burnhamplan100.org • Connect Us to Our Rivers and Streams • Expand Neighborhood Green Space • Protect Our Shoreline • Preserve Regionally Significant Open Space WISCONSIN ILLINOIS BURNHAM PLAN Hack-ma-tack Reserve BURNHAM PLAN CENTENNIAL CENTENNIAL Grand Illinois Trail Waukegan GREEN LEGACY Lakefront PROGREENJECT LEGACYS

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