Green Chicago
Beautification and environment
Daley endorsed programs to make Chicago more environmentally friendly and a more pleasant place to live.
Planting trees, and encouraging rooftop gardens, and cleaning up “brown fields” (industrial waste sites) were among the many initiatives he supported:
img: [Photos of RMD planting trees with students [RMD16_07_0072_0004_001_010/015] [note: Needs to be sent to photo lab as of March 19, 2020]
img: [image of or document about Brownfields] [note: Needs to be sent to photo lab as of March 19, 2020]
img: [Document discussing the promotion of green roofs and flower boxes [3-304-1] [note: Needs to be sent to photo lab as of March 19, 2020]
Parks
Under Daley’s stewardship, the Chicago Park District reformed its personnel policies, added hundreds of acres of park land [note: verify this claim and try to get an exact number], and redirected its focus to entice Chicagoans to city parks.
Forrest Claypool recalls the changes he made after Daley appointed him Superintendent of the Chicago Park District (1993-1998):
img: [Fishing Derby photos available] [note: Needs to be sent to photo lab as of March 19, 2020]
Gery Chico remembers doing “something about fun” every day when he ran the Chicago Park District (2007-2010):
