Community groups are suing the Army Corps to stop the proposed expansion of a shoreline dump that was supposed to be turned into a park.
Earlier this week, in front of a standing-room-only crowd at Lincoln United Methodist Church in the Lower West Side neighborhood,They called for community-based activist groups to have a seat at the table in the resurrected department, which was disbanded under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Mayor Lori Lightfoot chose not to bring back the department despite campaign promises to do so.
While Southeast Side residents welcomed the focus on an issue that intimately affects their well-being, they are skeptical they will see improvements. Linda Gonzalez, vice president-elect of the Calumet Park Advisory Council, at the northeast corner of Calumet Park in Chicago on March 28, 2023.The state deeded the parcel of land where the disposal facility is located to the Park District in 1982 but permitted the Army Corps to operate an in-water disposal facility there for up to 10 years.
“It makes me feel bad and sad, honestly, because I lived in the area when it was very vibrant in every way. Now, to see it now …” she mourned.
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