Chicago Children's Museum meeting tonight - Hosted by NEAR
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September 10th, 2007
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 Chicago Children's Museum meeting tonight - Hosted by NEAR We really need you to show your support for this very important project. Please come to the meeting tonight. Grant Park's success and international status are at stake. Grant Park is all of Chicago's park, it is our front yard! It does not belong to any one community but to all of Chicago's communities! This is, at a minimum, a city-wide issue not just a neighborhood issue. Grant Park is also an international park and we need to show the world that we have the vision and leadership that will help us attract the 2016 Olympics. Monday, September 10, 2007 - 6:30 p.m. Daley Bicentennial Plaza - 337 E. Randolph ( just east of Columbus Drive across from the BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois Building) Chicago Children's Museum officials will give a presentation of the brand-new design for the Museum. The building has been completely redesigned and is very green. They have listened to our requests that it be as green as possible and be lowered farther into the park. It has been. These are some of the Chicago Children's Museum at Daley Bicentennial Plaza advantages: It is a building per building replacement thus there is not a net gain of a building in Grant Park. Provides children with a museum and additional facility in the Grant Park in a central location. We need more children in Grant Park! It is, after all, a park! Children will be able to interact with, and learn from people from all over the world already coming to visit Millennium Park and Grant Park. Grant Park and Chicago will get a newly-constructed, state-of-the-art field house without funds coming from the Chicago Park District. Park District officials have repeated that funds for a new field house will not be released any time in the near future because of the increased demand for ones in other neighborhood parks. Will allow for more funds to go to neighborhood parks. Grant Park generates millions of dollars for Chicago's neighborhoods. Millennium Park's incredible international success brings people over the Millennium Park Bridge and a destination, gathering place and attraction are sorely needed. What will be built and how will it be funded, if not the museum? Minimal traffic impact as many visitors will walk, take public transit and school buses will use middle-level Randolph to drop off and pick up visitors. We believe that Grant Park is Chicago's lively, outdoor civic center in a beautiful, green setting that is open, green and active and will continue to be. It is a true urban success story. Helps Chicago attract the 2016 Olympics. We would never support a project that did not enhance Grant Park and we have worked for many years to green up the park, make it more attractive, accessible, cultural, and GREEN! We are, first and foremost, green space advocates and Grant Park is more green and attractive than it has ever been in its history! Grant Park is becoming a truly diverse place for people from all walks of life to interact. Thank you for your interest and participation. Please contact: Bob O'Neill Phone: 312-829-8015         |
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