But the ongoing $500 million project, which remains under construction, has reignited fears among longtime residents that the center will gentrify the community.
Chicago residents are growing increasingly concerned about the damage the Obama Presidential Center will have on their community, as longtime South Side families are being displaced by soaring rent prices and unsustainable living costs which they blame on the former president’s project.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker joins former Obama and Michelle Obama for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Sep. 28, 2021 in Chicago.The Post article, written by Marissa J.
Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot listens as former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Sep. 28, 2021 in Chicago.The WaPo report also cites Dixon Romeo, a South Shore native and community activist, who told reporters recently that residents don’t want “Obama’s legacy marred by the displacement of thousands of Black families.
“I’m a working mother who can’t afford to live in my own community that I’ve lived in for 42 years,” Hamer told the Washington Post.
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