Riverdale, Illinois, Looks to a Greener Future

Riverdale, Illinois, Looks to a Greener Future

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Locomotives started carrying bricks, ice, and beet sugar out of Riverdale, Illinois, not long after its founding. Those flowed out of the booming Acme Steel plant onto train cars for over 80 years. For WBEZ, Katie Buitrago reports on efforts to bring green infrastructure to Riverdale.

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