Natashee Scott, the former alderperson’s wife, is set to pay $8,000 for two city-owned vacant lots adjacent to her family’s home along Albany Avenue across the street from Douglass Park in North Lawndale on Chicago’s West Side.
Heather Cherone | July 14, 2021 5:11 pm
The Boys & Girls Club set to be built as part of the new police and fire training facility is the first new club to be built in Chicago in a generation, officials said. (Credit City of Chicago)
A plan to include a new Boys & Girls Club as part of a redesigned police and fire training academy is one vote away from final approval, as supporters told aldermen Wednesday that it will benefit young residents of the West Side and bring much-needed investment to one of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods.
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The proposal, backed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and unanimously endorsed by the City Council’s Housing and Real Estate Committee on Wednesday, calls for the city to rent the land for the two-story, 18,000-square-foot facility to the Boys & Girls Clubs for $1 per year for 55 years, with two 10-year options to extend the lease.