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LAW REVIEW
In the case of Protect Our Parks, Inc. v. Buttigieg,
an organization representing a group of residents
continued their opposition to the construction of
the Obama Presidential Center in historic Jackson
Park on Chicago's South Side.
Environmental Review of Chicago
Park Obama Center
By James C. Kozlowski, J.D., Ph.D.
T
he federal court opinion described herein illustrates the procedural
nature of a limited environmental review process by the
federal judiciary under various federal statutes as applied to the
conversion of public parkland by a local government. In the case
of Protect Our Parks, Inc. v. Buttigieg, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 18252 (7th Cir.
7/1/2022), an organization representing a group of residents continued
their opposition to the construction of the Obama Presidential Center (the
Center) in historic Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side.
Facts of the Case
In 2014, the Obama Foundation began
searching for a home for President
Obama's presidential library.
After evaluating several
potential
sites, it chose Jackson Park, a public
park in the neighborhood where
President Obama lived and began
his career as a community organizer,
law professor and state senator. The
Center would feature a museum, a
public library, spaces for educational
and cultural events, green space,
and an archive commemorating the
life and legacy of the nation's first
Black President. Construction of
the Center is wholly funded by the
Obama Foundation.
After the Chicago City Council
unanimously
approved
building
the Center in Jackson Park, the
City acquired the needed parkland
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from the Chicago Park District,
signed a use agreement with the
Foundation, and prepared to break
ground. When completed, the Center
will take up 19.3 acres, which
amounts to about 3.5 percent of
Jackson Park.
The City's plan to build the
Center in Jackson Park has been
opposed from the start by Protect
Our Parks, Inc., a nonprofit organization
started by Chicago residents
who resist conversions of Chicago
parkland. Just days before the City
broke ground on the Obama Center,
Protect Our Parks sued to halt
construction.
In
the
complaint,
Protect Our Parks alleged the City's
moving ahead with the Center had
failed to comply with several feder

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