Greenprint Partners

What does it take for civil engineering to make a real impact in Chicago?

We sat down with Alex Heidtke, PE — Greenprint's Engineering Manager — to talk about her work across Chicagoland: navigating complex permitting, collaborating with diverse project partners, and one of her favorite project types: green schoolyards.

Alex has spent her career designing sites that manage stormwater, reduce flooding, and give kids a real, tangible connection to how water moves through the world. 💧

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Congratulations to two (!!) of our FCGC participants, Rogers Street Academy and The Corliss Flats, on receiving the Mayor’s Design Awards last week! 🎉 The awards recognize design excellence throughout the City of Milwaukee. Recipients have added value to their neighborhoods by restoring, constructing or enhancing their properties in a way that respects the urban fabric and contributes to the character of their surroundings.
cc: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District - MMSD, The Corliss MKE

Housing + climate resilience + community green space. Fifth City Commons does all three.

This affordable housing development in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood sits on what was once vacant city land — and now includes 21,500 sq ft of public green space, native rain gardens, a planted rooftop terrace and a site that manages all its own stormwater.

Greenprint worked with Preservation of Affordable Housing Chicago on the landscape design, and we’re proud of what this project represents: landscape architecture that improves everyday life for the people who live there.

cc: Nia Architects, American Society of Landscape Architects