(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – Some Edgewater residents say City Hall has hijacked Broadway Armory Park, with plans to convert it into a migrant shelter and indefinitely re-locating most of the armory's programs.
"We've been pushed out of the process. This has come down entirely from the ivory tower of City Hall," says Pat Sharkey.
She is the convener of the Coalition of Edgewater Block Clubs and Associations, and they want City Hall to put a hold on plans to move migrants into Broadway Armory Park as most park programs are forced out.
"They have purposely avoided the community, and we're kind of being ambushed at this point," Sharkey said. "We don't like being pitted against the migrants because Edgewater has always been a welcoming community."
Sharkey says there are other places in Edgewater, such as empty churches and other buildings, that could serve as a shelter.
48th Ward Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth says in a statement she is "disappointed with the way that this process has unfolded."
WBBM Newsradio has reached out to the Johnson Administration for comment.
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