Protect, Preserve and Expand our Green Legacy: Rock Run Greenway ROCK RUN GREENWAY Theodore Marsh – the last unprotected gap in the 9-mile Rock Run Greenway in the Joliet-Lockport area – was acquired during the Centennial by the Forest Preserve of Will County. This acquisition achieves two Green Legacy goals – preserving regionally significant open space and completing our regional trail system. Rock Run consists of 1,200 acres of high quality wetlands and uplands inter- connected by a greenway trail that forms a loop connect- ing to the I & M Canal Trail and the Grand Illinois Trail. Rock Run Greenway is an example of creative collabora- tion among several units of government working together to enhance local quality of life by protecting a valuable Forest Preserve District of Will County natural area. Other participants in creating the Greenway REGIONAL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE include the Lockport Township Park District, Channahon Our region’s communities are connected through a network Park District, Joliet Park District, and Joliet Junior Col- of open spaces and natural areas — greenways and trails, lege. Presenting Sponsor for the Environment wetlands, parks and forest preserves — from southeastern Wisconsin through Illinois to northwestern Indiana. A century ago, Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett un- veiled their Plan of Chicago, a framework for growth in the greater Chicago area. Their vision included a network of forest preserve districts, open spaces and trails that laid the foundation for the green infrastructure that so enriches the quality of life in our three-state Chicago metropolis. The Rock Run Greenway partners include the Forest Pre- GREEN LEGACY PROJECTS serve District of Will County, Lockport Township Park District, One of the priority goals of the Burnham Plan Centennial Channahon Park District, Joliet Park District and Joliet Junior is to make real progress in closing important gaps in the College. All of the Burnham Plan Centennial Green Legacy region’s green infrastructure, and to build momentum for Projects build on many years of hard work by civic organiza- creating the nation’s greenest region during the next 100 tions, community residents, foundations and government. years. Across the metropolitan area, the Burnham Plan They are the enduring legacy of Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Centennial and the nonprofit organization Openlands have Chicago, are critical to the long-term health of the region, identified more than 20 “Green Legacy” projects that close and serve as catalysts for improving our quality of life over some of these critical gaps. When completed, these projects the next 100 years. will help to: Forest Preserve District of Will County For more information about the Burnham Plan Centennial • Complete Our Region’s Trail System and its Green Legacy Projects visit • Connect Us to Our Rivers and Streams • Expand Neighborhood Green Space • Protect Our Shoreline burnhamplan100.org • 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 PROJECTSCOMPLETE OUR REGION’S TRAIL SYSTEM Burnham Greenway Kishwaukee River Openlands Lakeshore COMPLETECalumet-Sag Tr OURail REGION’S Preserve TRAILFox Riv erSYSTEM Trail BurnhamKankakee RiGreenwayverfront Tr ail Marquette Greenway Trail Deer Grove Preserve Calumet-Sag Trail D Old Plank Road Trail es Plaines Riv Fox River Trail r ve Kankakee Riverfront Trail x Ri Fo MarquetteCONNECT US Greenway TO OUR RIVERS Trail AND STREAMS er Last 4 Miles OldChicago Plank Ri veRoadrwalk Trail Salt Cr (North) Little Calumet River Water Trail eek Bloomingdale Trail CONNECT US TO OUR RIVERSEXPAND AND NEIGHBORHOOD STREAMS GREEN SPACE Chicago Bloomingdale Trail Riverwalk Chicago Riverwalk LittleEnglew Calumetood New River ERA Tr Waterail Trail go River Chica Englewood New ERA Trail EXPANDPROTECT OURNEIGHBORHOOD SHORELINE Fox River Trail GREENLake Michigan SPACEMICHIGA WaterN Trail M Canal INDIANA I& Calumet Open Last 4 Miles (South) BloomingdaleLast 4 Miles Trail Space Reserve Burnham Greenway EngelwoodMarquette Plan New ERA Trail Cal-Sag ver ver Openlands Lakeshore Preserve Channel Marquette Plan ines Ri PROTECTWaukegan La OURkefront SHORELINE uPage Ri Grand Calum D Des Pla et Calumet-Sag Trail River Lake Michigan Water Trail Marquette PRESERVE OPEN SPACE Lockport-Joliet Heritage Park Greenway Trail Last 4 Miles Little Calumet River Rock Run Greenway MarquetteCalumet Open Plan Space Reserve Old Plank Road Trail Little Calumet River OpenladsDeer Grove LakeshorePreserve Preserve Water Trail Hack-ma-tack Reserve Grand Illinois Trail Waukegan Lakefront Kankakee Sands PRESERVELockport-Joliet OPEN Heritage SPACE Park CalumetMidewin National Open Space Tallgra ssReserve Prairie DeerRock RunGrove Green Preserveway Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Hack-ma-tack Reserve Grand Illinois Trail Kankakee Sands Lockpot-Joliet Heritage Park Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Rock Run Greenway Existing and Proposed Trails ee River Existing and Proposed Trails Kankak A Water Trails Kankakee IS O Water Trails Riverfront Trail Kankakee IAN Green Infrastructure LLIN I Sands IND Green Infrastructure.