As billions of dollars are invested into developments on Chicago’s South Side — especially since construction on the Obama Presidential Center has gotten underway — community organizers are pushing for affordable housing and community investment to ensure longtime South Side residents aren’t displaced in the process of building new developments in historically disinvested neighborhoods.
Six years in the making, city officials and the development team for Bronzeville Lakefront broke ground on the infrastructure for the redevelopment project at the former Michael Reese Hospital on March 29. The $3.8B project, which is supported by $60M in city-funded infrastructure, will bring more than 5,000 residences —… Read the full story here. | | |