Chicago Tribune covers opposition to move
Page one of the Metro section of today's (Monday, May 8) Chicago Tribune includes an article ("Children's museum faces fight over move") covering some of the concerns of neighborhood residents - now known informally as the Friends of Daley Bicentennial - and of the Friends of Downtown over the Chicago Children's Museum's proposal to take over the site of Daley Bicentennial Plaza. The article focuses on concerns over traffic, and on the loss of the Plaza's ice rink. It also mentions A. Montgomery Ward's battle to preserve Grant Park's open space.
Also discussed is the upcoming neighborhood meeting with Alderman Natarus, and a Chicago Children's Museum presentation to the Grant Park Advisory Council, a group which has publically expressed support for the move to the Daley Bicentennial Plaza location.
According to the article, the Park District "supports the museum's proposal but is waiting for the museum to gather comments from the community." The museum is hardly likely to be an unbiased source for the Park District to gather information on community concerns. Indeed, the same article quotes a museum spokesperson as saying "we will have a series of meetings where a select group of people from the community can sit with the architect and be part of the process." Selected by whom?
Alderman Natarus will be at Daley Bicentennial Plaza this Wednesday, May 10, to hear the concerns of local residents directly. Past experience has shown that the Alderman gauges voter opinion by the number of people who show up in person at such meetings, and that he will quickly take a position based on meeting turnout and resident concerns. Please take one hour to attend this meeting.
Meeting with Alderman Naturus to save Daley Bicentennial Plaza
Daley Bicentennial Plaza
337 E. Randolph
Wednesday, May 10
6:30-7:30 PM
Childcare and refreshments will be available.
For more ways to help protect Daley Bicentennial Plaza, please click for Easy Ways That You Can Help.
Also discussed is the upcoming neighborhood meeting with Alderman Natarus, and a Chicago Children's Museum presentation to the Grant Park Advisory Council, a group which has publically expressed support for the move to the Daley Bicentennial Plaza location.
According to the article, the Park District "supports the museum's proposal but is waiting for the museum to gather comments from the community." The museum is hardly likely to be an unbiased source for the Park District to gather information on community concerns. Indeed, the same article quotes a museum spokesperson as saying "we will have a series of meetings where a select group of people from the community can sit with the architect and be part of the process." Selected by whom?
Alderman Natarus will be at Daley Bicentennial Plaza this Wednesday, May 10, to hear the concerns of local residents directly. Past experience has shown that the Alderman gauges voter opinion by the number of people who show up in person at such meetings, and that he will quickly take a position based on meeting turnout and resident concerns. Please take one hour to attend this meeting.
Meeting with Alderman Naturus to save Daley Bicentennial Plaza
Daley Bicentennial Plaza
337 E. Randolph
Wednesday, May 10
6:30-7:30 PM
Childcare and refreshments will be available.
For more ways to help protect Daley Bicentennial Plaza, please click for Easy Ways That You Can Help.
posted by Meta Brown at 4:43 AM
2 Comments:
I moved in at North Harbor Tower last November. As a newer member of the community, I am still getting to know the many advantages our expanding neighborhood has to offer. As I walked past the park Sunday night, I was excited to see the open tennis courts and looked forward to using them as the weather warms. Ten steps later, I was dismayed to see the flier regarding Wednesday's meeting and the Children Museum's hopes of moving into Daley Bicentennial. I support our city's cultural institutions as much as anyone, but our parks are OUR parks, and once they're gone, they're gone. Though I can't make this week's meeting, please add my name as one more of our community who supports protecting the park.
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مكافحة حشرات بمكة مكافحة حشرات بمكة
مكافحة حشرات بالمدينة المنورة مكافحة حشرات بالمدينة المنورة
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