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Preliminary work on Obama center to begin later this month Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Wednesday, April 14, 2021 CHICAGO (AP) - Preliminary work on the construction of the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side is scheduled to begin later this month city officials announced Wednesday as a new lawsuit trying to stop the project was filed. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot have committed $200 million for Jackson Park and infrastructure work needed to facilitate construction of the center and for redevelopment in nearby communities. The master plan calls for closing roads in the park so the Obama Center and the nearby Museum of Science and Industry are connected into one campus. The city’s Departments of Housing and Planning and Development have amassed funds to coordinate future private investment in areas near the center.

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