Back in his community-organizing days, Barack Obama would have been the one fighting to save historic public parks from developers. Today, the 44th president finds himself on the other side of the underserved communities he once championed. Grass-roots activists, conservationists and academics on Chicago’s South Side say the Obama Presidential Center, as currently planned, does not do enough to benefit neighborhoods badly in need of economic revitalization. The Obama Foundation rejected a proposed Washington Park site that would have made the center easily accessible through public transportation, opting instead for a lush Jackson Park location that overlooks Lake Michigan. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2CYZmiL&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=m6xfGK3nsKijbROai4ey5TTAqSB0jrHSxcTHXCAImhM&s=ugS2NBo37eEBvViZKWu6zNXrKWE_gXE-c59J7A0xrmE&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2CYZmiL-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=m6xfGK3nsKijbROai4ey5TTAqSB0jrHSxcTHXCAImhM&s=xm0psEm2ZGdc2_KL2lKgL41He3T1aCK7WdoImeRWlqA&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=m6xfGK3nsKijbROai4ey5TTAqSB0jrHSxcTHXCAImhM&s=WecE80OUfm_gYGun2kF3sILLDibk4fOT1qokWHel0-A&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]