University-Based Professional Expertise Creates Sustainable Habitats

Through its network of community development professionals and Extension professionals, Illinois ResourceNet can work with community collaborative efforts to link environmental, agricultural, business development, housing, and family development projects.  Such projects can collaborate around the creation of sustainable communities for families and individuals in their localities.

Such efforts can aim to draw federal resources into projects aimed at:

•    Agricultural development (rural and urban) and community food production that increases income generating opportunities for families

•    Creative approaches to low-cost energy production using alternatives to fossil fuels

•    Efforts to make family housing and habitats into productive assets

•    The use of shared community space and institutions such as green space, schools, and community centers for micro-business development, food production, and the creation of new employment opportunities

•    Community plans for resource conservation and recycling activities that can generate incomes for families

•    Projects aimed at creating constructive opportunities for youth in sustainable community development

For information on building such collaboratives focused on sustainable habitats and securing federal resources, contact Illinois ResourceNet at info@illinoisresource.net or call (312) 413-4301.