OAI, Inc. will install green stormwater infrastructure across 10 acres of degraded urban space to reduce stormwater runoff and create habitat and accessible public greenspace in the Village of Robbins Illinois. Project will build on a multiphase effort to mitigate significant flooding and restore community vitality in Robbins by establishing native wetland and prairie plants to slow and store stormwater runoff on 10 acres adjacent to the Cal-Sag Channel.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Chi-Cal Rivers Fund
Project Title: The Robbins Renewal Project(IL)
Organization:
OAI, Inc.
Project ID:
0501.18.061604
Description:
Award Amount:
$300000.45
Location:
Robbins, Illinois, east of Kedzie Avenue on the Cal-Sag Channel.