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AVflash Volume 9, Number 51a – December 15, 2003
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MEIGS SUPPORTERS PUSH THEIR PARK PLAN
The Friends of Meigs (FOM), never backing down from a fight, last week
presented their latest proposal at the Chicago Park District budget
meeting. The group's plan calls for the city to reopen the airport,
while developing part of the area as parkland and building an aviation
museum. The FOM said its plan would solve the district's budget
problems by bringing in tens of millions of dollars in federal airport
improvement funds. A vote on the proposal is expected Wednesday. The
FOM is asking supporters of the former airfield to express support for
the plan via an online form at their Web site.
http://www.friendsofmeigs.org/