WEBVTT 00:02.066 --> 00:04.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65% MODERNA OR PFIZER VACCINES 00:04.700 --> 00:10.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% INSTEAD. 00:04.900 --> 00:12.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> IT WAS 2016 WHEN FORMER 00:08.900 --> 00:14.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND 00:10.700 --> 00:14.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MICHELLE OBAMA CHOSE JACKSON 00:12.266 --> 00:15.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PARK AS THE FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL 00:14.333 --> 00:17.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% CENTER. 00:14.666 --> 00:18.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CONSTRUCTION IS GETTING STARTED 00:15.933 --> 00:20.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BUT LEGAL ACTION COULD PUT IT TO 00:17.933 --> 00:22.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% A STOP. 00:18.900 --> 00:25.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW. 00:20.833 --> 00:28.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AMANDA IS IT FINALLY ALL THINGS 00:22.500 --> 00:30.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% GO HERE AFTER LEGAL DELAYS AND 00:25.400 --> 00:34.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% COMMUNITY GROUPS ASKING FOR SOME 00:28.766 --> 00:35.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% GIVE-BACKS HERE? 00:30.066 --> 00:37.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> IT'S BEEN ALL THAT AND WE SAW 00:34.100 --> 00:39.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% VARIOUS GRAPHS OF WHAT THE 00:35.666 --> 00:40.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BUILDING AND FACILITIES WOULD 00:37.600 --> 00:42.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LOOK LIKE THINGS ARE GETTING 00:39.500 --> 00:43.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% STARTED. 00:40.033 --> 00:45.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% STILL IT IS PREMATURE TO CALL IT 00:42.633 --> 00:47.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% A GROUNDBREAKING. 00:43.600 --> 00:49.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SOME GROUND IS BEING BROKEN AT 00:45.666 --> 00:51.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% JACKSON PARK AND ROADWORK IS 00:47.233 --> 00:52.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% BEGINNING AS WELL. 00:49.500 --> 00:54.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% ROADWORK IS THE CITY'S 00:51.500 --> 00:56.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SAYS 00:52.233 --> 00:59.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IT WILL TRY TO SPREAD OUT OVER 00:54.400 --> 01:00.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% THE YEARS TO -- 00:56.666 --> 01:02.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT'S GOING TO BE INCONVENIENT SO 00:59.233 --> 01:03.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE INCONVENIENCE IS LESSENED. 01:00.800 --> 01:06.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% STILL THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF 01:02.100 --> 01:07.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WHAT SORT OF WORK NEEDS TO 01:03.833 --> 01:09.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% HAPPEN BEFORE A TRUE 01:06.566 --> 01:09.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% GROUNDBREAKING. 01:07.066 --> 01:11.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE 01:09.000 --> 01:13.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF 01:09.833 --> 01:15.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TRANSPORTATION WILL VERY SOON 01:11.133 --> 01:17.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BEGIN OUR UTILITY WORK BETWEEN 01:13.300 --> 01:19.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MIDWAY AND HAYES, TO SUPPORT NOT 01:15.800 --> 01:23.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ONLY THE EXISTING AND FUTURE 01:17.733 --> 01:23.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% PARK DEVELOPMENTS BUT, OF 01:19.366 --> 01:24.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% COURSE, THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL 01:23.133 --> 01:26.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% CENTER. 01:23.466 --> 01:29.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS SHE 01:24.533 --> 01:31.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% KNOWS THE OBAMAS HAVE A LOT OF 01:26.966 --> 01:32.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SUITERS WHEN THEY WERE FIGURING 01:29.100 --> 01:35.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OUT WHEN FIGURING OUT WHERE TO 01:31.500 --> 01:38.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BUILD THE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER 01:32.766 --> 01:39.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THEY CHOSE TO LOCATE IT IN AND 01:35.433 --> 01:40.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% NEAR COMMUNITIES SUBJECT TO 01:38.133 --> 01:42.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% DISINVESTMENT FOR TOO LONG 01:39.800 --> 01:46.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SOMETHING THAT THE CENTER AND 01:40.733 --> 01:51.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE CITY ARE GOING TO CHANGE. 01:42.566 --> 01:55.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LONG 01:46.666 --> 01:56.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TORE TROWS YEAR WE HAVE DEALT 01:51.333 --> 01:58.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WITH CHALLENGES THAT STYMY THE 01:55.000 --> 01:59.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% SUCCESS OF OUR RESIDENTS 01:56.933 --> 02:02.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ESPECIALLY THOSE ON THE SOUTH 01:58.000 --> 02:04.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% AND WEST SIDE. 01:59.700 --> 02:05.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TO ELIMINATE THE FAULT LINES IT 02:02.000 --> 02:08.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IS IMPERATIVE THAT OUR COVID 02:04.100 --> 02:10.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% RECOVERY IS EQUITABLE, 02:05.733 --> 02:12.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SUSTAINABLE AND ABOVE ALL ELSE 02:08.166 --> 02:14.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% INCLUSIVE OF ALL RESIDENTS. 02:10.300 --> 02:18.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THOSE GOALS ECHOED AS WELL BY 02:12.733 --> 02:18.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A FRIEND OF THE OBAMAS AND CHAIR 02:14.666 --> 02:21.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OF THE OBAMA FOUNDATION, MARTY 02:18.133 --> 02:22.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% NESBITT. 02:18.466 --> 02:23.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA 02:21.066 --> 02:25.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% CHOSE TO BUILD THEIR 02:22.366 --> 02:27.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PRESIDENTIAL CENTER HERE BECAUSE 02:23.300 --> 02:28.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THEY BELIEVED IT COULD BE A 02:25.500 --> 02:29.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% CATALYST THAT CREATES 02:27.766 --> 02:31.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TRANSFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR 02:28.633 --> 02:33.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% OUR COMMUNITY. 02:29.200 --> 02:35.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND THIS IS EXACTLY THE SORT OF 02:31.666 --> 02:36.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% INVESTMENT THEY ENVISIONED. 02:33.866 --> 02:37.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WHILE THERE ARE DIG TAKINGS 02:35.033 --> 02:39.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% WERE ON HAND FOR THAT 02:36.533 --> 02:41.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDING THE 02:37.666 --> 02:44.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% GOVERNOR, NOW THIS, DESPITE THE 02:39.700 --> 02:45.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% EVENT POPPING UP ON BOTH THE 02:41.700 --> 02:48.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MAYOR AND PRITZKER'S SCHEDULE 02:44.333 --> 02:52.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ONLY AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF BEFORE 02:45.766 --> 02:53.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% IT WAS GOING TO BEGIN. 02:48.066 --> 02:57.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND RIGHT OFF THE BAT, GROUPS 02:52.600 --> 02:58.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CRITICAL OF THE OBAMA CENTER 02:53.700 --> 03:02.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WERE OUT WITH CRITICISM OF THE 02:57.000 --> 03:05.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OFFICIAL LAUDER TO STATEMENT. 02:58.433 --> 03:08.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% YOU HAD JACKSON PARK WATCH 03:02.233 --> 03:11.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SAYING THE OPC IS A PRIVATE 03:05.533 --> 03:14.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DEVELOPMENT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY 03:08.833 --> 03:16.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% IN JACKSON PARK. 03:11.033 --> 03:18.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SIMILAR TO PUTTING A DISNEYLAND 03:14.333 --> 03:19.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THERE AND IT SERVES NO 03:16.933 --> 03:21.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% COMPELLING PUBLIC INTEREST GIVEN 03:18.100 --> 03:22.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE MAJOR SOCIAL DISRUPTION TO 03:19.866 --> 03:26.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE WOODLAWN NEIGHBORHOOD. 03:21.233 --> 03:28.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND BY THE END OF THE DAY, YOU 03:22.933 --> 03:28.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HAD A NEW LAWSUIT FILED TO STOP 03:26.233 --> 03:30.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ANY PROGRESS OR WORK AT THE 03:28.333 --> 03:32.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% SITE. 03:28.666 --> 03:32.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% GROUPS INCLUDING PROTECT OUR 03:30.333 --> 03:34.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PARKS FILED THE SUIT IN FEDERAL 03:32.300 --> 03:36.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% COURT. 03:32.600 --> 03:39.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEY HAVE TRIED TO TAKE LEGAL 03:34.433 --> 03:42.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ACTION BEFORE TO MOVE THE OBAMA 03:36.300 --> 03:44.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CENTER OUT OF THE HISTORIC PARK. 03:39.933 --> 03:46.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BUT THUS FAR TO NO TRUE AVAIL 03:42.533 --> 03:49.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% NOW THEY ARE TRYING AGAIN. 03:44.033 --> 03:51.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THIS SUIT ALLEGES THAT THE CITY 03:46.566 --> 03:53.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OF CHICAGO FROM THE ONSET WAS 03:49.833 --> 03:55.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FOUR-SQUARE BEHIND THE OBAMA 03:51.900 --> 03:57.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FOUNDATION AND GAVE UP WHOLESALE 03:53.933 --> 04:02.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DELEGATION OF DECISION MAKING 03:55.700 --> 04:04.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AUTHORITY THUS THE RESULT OF THE 03:57.700 --> 04:04.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CITY'S CURSORY REVIEW PROCESS 04:02.433 --> 04:06.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WERE FOREORDAINED FROM THE 04:04.033 --> 04:09.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% ONSET. 04:04.333 --> 04:11.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND ALL THE FEDERAL REVIEW HAS 04:06.666 --> 04:14.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% NOT MET MUSTER TO FEDERAL LAW. 04:09.133 --> 04:15.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD AND 04:11.766 --> 04:17.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INTERVIEW PROTECT OUR PARKS BUT 04:14.200 --> 04:17.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% GOT NO RESPONSE. 04:15.333 --> 04:18.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THEIR CONCERNS ARE NOT THE ONLY 04:17.233 --> 04:20.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% ONE. 04:17.500 --> 04:22.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THERE ARE FEARS THAT THE OBAMA 04:18.933 --> 04:23.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% CENTER COULD BRING WITH IT 04:20.233 --> 04:25.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SOARING HOUSING PRICES, SUCH 04:22.533 --> 04:27.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE NOT 04:23.900 --> 04:28.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD 04:25.466 --> 04:31.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PAYING THEIR RENTS OR MORTGAGE, 04:27.966 --> 04:32.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% LIVING NEARBY. 04:28.833 --> 04:35.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% PRESERVATION FOR AFFORDABLE 04:31.700 --> 04:36.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HOUSING, BILL EAGER HAS WITH THE 04:32.933 --> 04:40.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HELP OF CITY AND STATE FUNDING 04:35.300 --> 04:41.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HELPED ACQUIRED PROPERTIES THAT 04:36.700 --> 04:43.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HE SAYS ARE GOING TO PROVIDE 04:40.266 --> 04:45.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 04:41.933 --> 04:47.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% EVEN WHEN AS HE PREDICTS IS 04:43.600 --> 04:48.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% GOING TO HAPPEN, THE CENTER 04:45.933 --> 04:49.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% SPURS INTEREST IN THE 04:47.233 --> 04:51.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% SURROUNDING WOODLAWN 04:48.633 --> 04:53.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% NEIGHBORHOOD. 04:49.666 --> 04:54.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> IT WILL FOCUS PEOPLE ON 04:51.600 --> 04:55.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WOODLAWN IN A WAY THAT I THINK 04:53.966 --> 04:58.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MANY PEOPLE HAVEN'T THOUGHT 04:54.966 --> 05:01.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% ABOUT IT. 04:55.500 --> 05:02.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S 04:58.766 --> 05:04.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THERE IN WOODLAWN IT'S PRETTY 05:01.733 --> 05:08.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% ASTONISHING. 05:02.133 --> 05:10.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IT IS A LAKEFRONT COMMUNITY. 05:04.533 --> 05:10.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IT HAS INCREDIBLE PUBLIC 05:08.400 --> 05:13.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% TRANSPORTATION ACCESS, VEHICULAR 05:10.066 --> 05:15.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% ACCESS. 05:10.466 --> 05:17.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% IT HAS NICE ARCHITECTURE. 05:13.066 --> 05:20.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> HE SAYS THIS WORK OF SECURING 05:15.966 --> 05:22.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES 05:17.366 --> 05:24.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% IS MORE URGENT THAN EVER. 05:20.800 --> 05:25.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% AND SAYS THERE ARE SOME 05:22.933 --> 05:27.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PROSPECTS IN THE PIPELINE COULD 05:24.433 --> 05:29.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% BE COMING SOON. 05:25.966 --> 05:32.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% BACKERS OF THE OBAMA 05:27.533 --> 05:34.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PRESIDENTIAL CENTER HAVE BIG 05:29.166 --> 05:36.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DREAMS FOR IT AND THE AREA. 05:32.533 --> 05:38.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> MORE INVESTMENT AND MORE JOBS 05:34.700 --> 05:39.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WILL COME WHEN WE BRING HUNDREDS 05:36.466 --> 05:41.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO THE 05:38.033 --> 05:45.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER, THAT 05:39.866 --> 05:47.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HELPS CELEBRATE THIS COMMUNITY 05:41.400 --> 05:48.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE LOVE BUT IT ALSO STRENGTHENS 05:45.000 --> 05:50.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% THE SMALL BUSINESSES. 05:47.266 --> 05:53.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WHEN PEOPLE START AT THE CENTER 05:48.800 --> 05:56.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THEY CAN GET A CUP OF COFFEE AT 05:50.866 --> 05:57.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE CURRENCY EXCHANGE TRY THE 05:53.800 --> 06:02.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COOKIES AT GIVE ME SOME SUGAR 05:56.000 --> 06:04.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BAKERY OR SOAK UP AND AFTERNOON 05:57.966 --> 06:06.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% OF CULTURE AT THE DuSABLE 06:02.800 --> 06:08.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% MUSEUM. 06:04.066 --> 06:10.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> NOW, WITH ALL OF THIS BUILDUP 06:06.266 --> 06:12.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING, YOU 06:08.333 --> 06:15.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MIGHT HAVE SAID WELL THERE IS A 06:10.366 --> 06:16.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% PRETTY GLARING ABSENCE. 06:12.900 --> 06:18.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% WHERE ARE THE OBAMAS? 06:15.066 --> 06:19.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% NESBITT SAYS THEY WILL BE 06:16.800 --> 06:20.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ON-SITE AND ON SCENE IN THE 06:18.833 --> 06:24.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% FUTURE. 06:19.166 --> 06:26.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY 06:20.566 --> 06:27.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% WILL BE PRESENT. 06:24.466 --> 06:28.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THEY WILL SPEND TIME HERE AT THE 06:26.766 --> 06:29.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% CENTER. 06:27.100 --> 06:30.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THEY WILL BE HERE FOR THE 06:28.866 --> 06:34.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% GROUNDBREAKING. 06:29.333 --> 06:37.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND THEY WILL BE HERE WELL INTO 06:30.833 --> 06:38.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THE FUTURE AS THE CENTER 06:34.066 --> 06:41.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% EXECUTES ITS PLAN TO HELP AND 06:37.733 --> 06:43.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY AND 06:38.566 --> 06:46.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE 06:41.300 --> 06:47.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> NOW, BARRING SUCCESS FOR THAT 06:43.600 --> 06:49.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% JUST FILED FEDERAL LAWSUIT THAT 06:46.300 --> 06:50.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% REAL GROUNDBREAKING IS SCHEDULED 06:47.766 --> 06:53.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% RIGHT NOW FOR FALL.