Development and gentrification are at the heart of runoff elections for alderman in two South Side lakefront wards.
Soldier Field and the Museum Campus, July 25, 2022, are part of Chicago's lakefront wards.
In the 4th Ward, the driving issue has been which candidate is best positioned to spark development in parts of the ward in need of rejuvenation.Ald. Sophia King’s decision to run for mayor led to a six-candidate race to represent a ward that encompasses the South Loop, the Bronzeville lakefront, Prairie Shores, South Commons and Kenwood.
Robinson was the top vote-getter on Feb. 28, garnering 46% of the vote to Butler’s 15%. Robinson also has raised roughly “I believe that we should not disparage any candidate, but I also think that it’s important that we also make sure that the public knows what candidates are doing in the community,” he told the Tribune.
“I worked with her to bring businesses, to beautify the 47th Street corridor, building shops at 47th and Cottage Grove,” Robinson said. Those efforts included demolishing a liquor store with “a lot of gang activity, drug activity” and replacing it with retail and affordable housing, he said. Butler’s platform calls for expedited redevelopment of Chicago Housing Authority sites and the development of affordable single-family homes on vacant lots, “to provide working class families the ability” to buy a home for under $350,000.When Ald. Leslie Hairston announced she would not seek a seventh term, 11 candidates jumped in the contest to represent a ward covering Hyde Park, the University of Chicago campus and South Shore.
Both candidates are promising to reduce crime, stave off displacement of lower income residents while also reaping the rewards of the presidential center. But questions from the Yancy has worked with the Inter-City Muslim Action Network, SEIU and its affiliated political group United Working Families, and the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability.Hone was born in Hyde Park and raised in Roseland, attending the University of Chicago for her undergraduate degree and the University of California at Berkeley for law school.
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