With little progress, residents remain anxiously waiting for restoration of two existing courses.
Parks spokeswoman Michele Lemons declined a request for an interview about it, but wrote in an email to the Tribune, “There have been no recent discussions so the Park District has no updated information to share.”
The group was tasked with raising private donations for the originally estimated $30 million cost of the upgrade. Its most recent publicly available IRS filing showed annual fundraising had dried up to less than $50,000 in gross receipts. The group previously had raised more than $1.
The project also was left dangling while the Obama center was delayed for years by litigation, and is still seeking donations while its $800 million library is under construction. The city administration also was busy dealing with fallout following the pandemic and George Floyd protests, with closed schools and rising crime.saying restoration is badly needed, and hoping a pro tournament would provide an economic boost to the area, as the BMW Championship has in the suburbs.
Other residents raised objections, saying it was unrealistic to combine a challenging PGA-level course with an affordable public course for casual and beginner golfers. There was also concern about the expected loss of hundreds of mature trees and habitat in theOpponents say the true costs would be far higher, including an estimated $30 million for two proposed underpasses. The Park District’s plans also call for a $28 million restoration of the nearby shoreline.
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