'Green spaces tend to make people feel good,' Greencorps director Drew Hines said.
The Ripple Effect experience brings voices of gun violence survivors to Chicago's Lakefront Trail, with orange footprints along the trail representing gun violence victims.Morning Insider Lauren Victory digs into the notion that planting a tree can stop a bullet.from the Chicago Department of Transportation is fighting gun violence in their own way: deterrence with dirt.
Crews have a lot more lots to go. More than 1,000 are on their clean-up list. They started picking away at projects last summer, finishing about 60 lots a season. Google Maps shows what the site looked like before. It went from gross to green, with tall grasses lining the lot and wildflowers growing in the middle.
In some places like 79th and Halsted, you'll find trees that play a special safety role by reducing heat.
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