Broadview’s mayor joins other suburban mayors to collect climate grant

Thompson a founder of C4 climate collaboration

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

Not even a year after its founding, the Cross-Community Climate Collaborative (C4) is already pulling in grant funding.

The most recent is a $125,000 Childhood Obesity Prevention and Environmental Health and Sustainability Award from the U.S. Conference of May- ors (USCM) and the American Be verage Foundation for a Healthy America.

The C4 initiative was created in June by officials from 12 west suburban municipalities and spearheaded by Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson, Oak Park Village President Vicki Scaman and River Forest Village President Cathy Adduci. It is designed to bring together Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and non-minority communities across income lines to share ideas, secure resources and drive large-scale projects within and across communities that achieve ag reed upon greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions, equity and sustainability goals.

The original participating suburbs are Berwyn, Bellwood, Broadview, Forest Park, Hillside, Maywood, North Riverside, Oak Park, River Forest, River Grove, Riverside and Westchester. Since June, two other municipalities – Brookfield and La Grange Park – have joined and Scaman said another municipality is expected to join.

“My understanding is that Elmwood