Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th) was set to hold a meeting Tuesday night to address the news he says he himself only recently learned about.
The alderman is upset, and some Galewood residents are livid, about the plan to use the fieldhouse at Amundsen Park, 6200 W. Bloomingdale Ave., as a migrant shelter. The Chicago Park District building was used for senior programs and sports events – but Ald. Taliaferro says migrants will be temporarily housed there no matter what.
Taliaferro said he spoke with the office of Mayor Brandon Johnson again Tuesday morning, and was told this time that a total of 276 migrants would be moving in.Representatives from the Mayor's office, the Park District, and the Chicago Police Department will all be there. Neighbors said they have asked the city for a microwave and a stove to be put in the field house, and have complained the showers need fixing – but none of that happened. Now, they are upset that such work is now all being done for the migrants.
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