After years of battles with the owners of Weiss and West Suburban hospitals, community members are wary, but hopeful, of what a proposed sale of the hospitals might mean for their neighborhoods and health care.
More recently, Pipeline agreed to sell a Weiss parking lot to a developer hoping to build apartments on the site, over the objections of some community members who worried that it was the beginning of the dismantling of Weiss, and that the building would further contribute to gentrification, driving out lower-income residents.
Ald. James Cappleman, 46th Ward, reassured constituents in a recent newsletter that the sale will help to ensure Weiss’ survival. “It’s really a slap in the face ... to the people who work at Weiss Hospital because they are just in limbo again as to their job security,” said Angela Clay, a board member with Northside Action for Justice. “It’s like ripping a band-aid off of a wound that never got a chance to heal.”“We think it’s a victory that Pipeline is out of the picture,” said Marc Kaplan, also a Northside Action for Justice board member. “We just don’t know anything about Resilience.
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