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Lightfoot Cuts Ribbon on Third of 10 New Public Plazas
Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently cut the ribbon on the Winthrop Garden POP! in the North Side’s Uptown neighborhood. It’s the third plaza to open as part of the Chicago Recovery Plan, the city’s $2.5-billion investment in neighborhoods.
The plan was announced in August and establishes 10 new public plazas to provide spaces for recreation, performances, pop-up shops, gardening and other neighborhood activities at strategic locations across the South, West and North sides. Selected through a Request for Proposals from the Department of Planning and Development’s Public Outdoor Plaza (POP!) program, each plaza will be constructed and managed by community organizations using up to $500,000 in Chicago Recovery Plan funding.
“These highly designed and accessible spaces will become focal points for arts and culture, passive recreation and public amenities that underscore the city’s commitment to an equitable and sustainable economic recovery,” DPD Commissioner Maurice Cox said in August.
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