It was a Packed Room at South Chicago’s Salud Center on Tuesday Evening, As Residents and Allies Discussed what they would go to see the pioneering quantum computing Campus at the former US Souths site.
The Campus, Called the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, Received Final Approvals from the City of Chicago Last Year. CO-DEVELOPERS RELODED MIDWEST AND CRG ARE EXPECTED TO BREAK GROUND BEFORE THE END OF 2025.
But organizers from the coalition for souths cba have been flush for a legally binding aggregement, or a community benefits aggregement, that torsure enures benefits from the project. Low-Incom Communities of Color Are of Shut Out of Revitalization Conversations, and A Community Benefits AGREEMENT CAN A TOOL TO ENSURE COMMUNITIES FROM REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, Acciting to the Urban Institute.
The coalition includes Residents and more than 40 Organizations like the alliance of the southeast, as well as businesses and churches.
Highlighted organizers Three demands Tuesday from their Latest CBA Proposal: Environmental Safeguards, Protections for Homeowners and Renters and Jobs for Residents.
“We have want to make sura with this potential development coming that we are these not displaced; that we are not poisoned, ‘Renee Nowlin, Member of the KeCS BLOCK ASSOCIATION IN THE 7TH WARD, SAID.
Community Organizers Said They Wanted Assures that they won’t be poisoned by any Remaining toxins at the site, Such as heavy metals like arsenic.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has Said Environmental Remediation on the site is Complete. It was evaluated as Safe for Public Occupation in 1997 then re-evaluated in 2006 and 2010.
Other Environmental Demands Include Safeguards for Residents and Construction Workers; Preservation of and Investment in Adjoining Public Parks; and Protections for Wildlife and Natural Habitats Encomasing the Land. Suggested Protections Also Included The Prevention of Air, Water, Light and Noise Pollute.
“This is is about our lives, our health, our well-being, the well-being of our children and the well-being of which community,” Said Anne Holcomb, Activist and Member of the Environmental Group Ethos. “WE’RE GOING TO STAND IN THIS FIGHT UNIL THEY BUILD IT RIGHT.”
The CBA ALSO Proposes A 30-YEAR PROPERTY TAX BREAK FOR NEARBY HOMOWners-Similar to What Related Midwest Received for the Site. It Also Called for the EstaBishment of a Community Credit Union and Giving Residents the First Right to Purchase Vacant Lots Around the Campus.
Residents Also Want Developers to Prioritizes Hiring Locally, Including Community Members Who Are Underemployed or UNEmployed, Minorities, Women, People with Disabilities, forms Individuals or Veterans. And Developers Should Commit to Investing in Bowen High School, Since Younger Generations Will Benefit The Most From Quantum Education and Future at the Campus, Some Speakers.
Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs Should Also have Equal Access to Capital and Not Lose Financing Because of the Quantum Campus, Activists Argted.
Nowlin the Coalition’s Next Steps are to Increase Community Awareness and Get A Seat at the Table with Related Midwest. They Also Want to have Conversations with More Elected Officials, Including Gov. JB pritzker or a representative from His Office.
Pritzker has previously acknowledged Residents and Activists ‘Concerns while Remaining Optimistic About the Campus’ Benefits, Citting the New Jobs and Economic Activity It Bring.
“We’re going to keep fighting unil we can’t fight anymore – so do they will the Groundbreaking,” Nowlin Said.
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