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Originally Posted by ardecila
Block Club reporting that Lightfoot has struck a deal with Ald. Taylor and other community groups worried about housing impacts in Woodlawn.
That effectively takes care of most of the opposition from the social-justice side of things, now the preservationists are the only ones left with their court case. The Lightfoot administration seems to be wrapping things up on the bureaucratic end as well, with the FHWA and other required reviews almost complete.
Then there's the issue of Obama Foundation fundraising, they only have a fraction of the money raised to build the OPC... maybe they're hoping people will open their checkbooks once the community opposition is taken care of? |
Actually, it looks like the foundation raised well over the $500 million they need for construction. That might be the main reason why annual fundraising has dropped, since they've raised all, or at least most of, their construction costs