In the news
Recent publications featuring Friends of the Parks:
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- Chicago Sun-Times OpEd: Give the Southeast Side a cleaner alternative to piling up waste from dredging - 12/27/2021
- Block Club Chicago: State Says South Lakefront Dump Site Can Operate For Another Year As Army Corps Pursues Decades-Long Expansion - 12/14/2021
- Crain's: Lightfoot now holds all the cards on Chicago's big casino deal - 11/5/2021
- Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board: Time to remake Chicago Park District in the wake of chief Mike Kelly’s ouster - 10/15/2021
- WBBM Newsradio: Some hope new female interim CEO can disband ‘old boys club’ at Chicago Park District - 10/14/2021
- WBBM Newsradio: Group hopes parking lots would become green space if Bears exit Soldier Field - 9/29/2021
- NBC Chicago: After Bears' Arlington Racecourse Purchase, Experts Weigh in on Possible Future of Soldier Field - 9/29/2021
- WTTW: Amazon Delivery Lockers in Chicago Parks Create Controversy - 8/30/2021
- Block Club Chicago: Amazon Lockers Will Net Park District $137,600 At Most For First Year, Contract Shows - 8/22/2021
- Crain's: So how did those Amazon lockers land in Chicago parks, anyway? - 8/20/2021
- Block Club Chicago: Amazon Installs Huge Lockers On A Chicago Park’s Sidewalk, Confusing And Frustrating Neighbors 8/13/2021
- Block Club Chicago: Lakefront Dump Site Opposed By Park Advocates, Southeast Siders Hasn’t Had A Valid Pollution Permit Since May 31 - 6/30/2021
- Grist: Biden’s big conservation plan must include cities - 5/13/2021
- Chicago Tribune: Residents fight Army Corps plan to expand sludge tank at the mouth of the Calumet River instead of building a park - 3/24/2021
- Chicago Tribune: Fiercely proud of their home, residents of the Southeast Side — long a toxic dumping ground — are rising up against polluters - 3/24/2021
- Chicago Tribune Letter: We invite EPA chief to see the battles we are fighting in Chicago for environmental justice - 2/9/2021
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mike nowak show: why are these lockers in chicago's public parks?
Featuring Fotp's juanita irizarry
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News releases
Recent press statements by Friends of the Parks:
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- Press Release: Groups Disappointed Illinois EPA Approved Permit for Army Corps of Engineers to Extend Dump on Southeast Side that Threatens Community and Lake Michigan with Toxic Materials - 12/10/2021
- Press Release: Statement Regarding the Supreme Court rejection of Protect Our Parks' petition to stop construction of Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park - 8/20/2021
- Press Release: As the DuSable Park Coalition nears the actualization of DuSable Park, Coalition holds commemoration of Chicago's founder, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, on August 21st near the data of his death - 8/18/2021
- Press Release: Army Corps of Engineers Operation CDF Pollution Dump on the 10th Ward Lakefront Without a Permit - 6/29/2021
- Press Release: Friends of the Parks' Statement on DuSable Park and Recognition for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable and his wife, Kitihawa - 6/23/2021
- Media Advisory: Friends of the Parks’ 37th Annual Earth Day Parks & Preserves Celebration & Clean Up - 4/21/2021
- Letter: Invitation to EPA Administrator Michael Regan to visit Chicago's Environmental Justice Communities - 2/5/2021
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