North Side residents plan to be at City Hall for Wednesday’s Council meeting, as they push for a migrant shelter to be returned to the community.
As the six-month anniversary of the Broadway Armory being transformed into a migrant shelter approaches, Edgewater residents want the city to lay out a timeline for them to get their facility back.
“We feel like we’ve been really generous. This has nothing to do with being anti-immigrant. This is a very welcoming community, and we welcome immigrants,” block club President Pat Sharkey said .
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Residents said shuttering the sprawling park facility to the community has come at a steep cost, especially to neighborhood seniors and children.
“This affects over 1,200 people every single week who are using this facility,” Sharkey said.
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In the heat of summer, Edgewater residents pushed back against city leaders when they canceled park district programs almost at a moment’s notice to make way for hundreds of migrants pouring into Chicago.