>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT THAT THE YOU KNOW, VOICES.

I'M JOHN THAT AND ON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY.

>> TENSIONS FLARE IN BRIGHTON PARK AS RESIDENTS SOUND OFF ON A PLAN TO MOVE MIGRANTS INTO A VACANT IN A LOCAL MUSEUM LOOKS TO ACQUIRE A VACANT FIRE STATION IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

>> REMEMBER WITH EVENINGS.

>> AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER WORKSHOPS WITH MUSIC STUDENTS AT NORTHWESTERN.

>> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

A LOCAL ALDERWOMAN IN HER 8 ARE RECOVERING AFTER BEING BATTERED AT A PROTEST IN BRIGHTON PARK THIS MORNING.

OFFICIALS SAY 12TH WARD ALDERWOMAN JULIET ARMY DOES DECLINED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND HER AIDE WAS TAKEN TO SAINT ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL IN FAIR CONDITION.

TENSIONS FLARED AT THE RALLY AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS SOUNDED OFF ON CITY PLANS TO BUILD A WINTER ICE BASE CAMP FOR MIGRANTS IN A VACANT LOT IN THE AREA.

RESIDENTS SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS HOME TO VETERANS AND FAMILIES WHO NEED THE RESOURCES.

>> IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TO BE DISREGARDED BY THE MAYOR BY THE ALDERPERSON.

SHE'S SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT ALL OF US.

SHE'S CLEARLY NOT REPRESENTING ALL OF THIS IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO TO IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE WORKED HARD THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TO GET HERE.

WE HAVE RAISED CHILDREN.

>> WITH A HARD WORK ETHIC.

>> COMMUNITY MEETING ON THE PROPOSAL IS SET TO TAKE PLACE NEXT TUESDAY.

YOU CAN FIND THOSE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE'LL HAVE ALDERWOMAN MEET RESPONSE FOR TODAY'S EVENTS AND HEAR MORE FROM RESIDENTS ON THE PROPOSED MIGRANT CAMP LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

>> A CHICAGO TEEN REACHES A NEARLY 2 MILLION DAUGHTER DOLLAR SETTLEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DES PLAINES AFTER BEING INJURED IN A SHOOTING 4 YEARS AGO.

RYAN WILDER, WHO WAS 15 AT THE TIME WAS SHOT AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED BY DES PLAINES POLICE OFFICER INSIDE A CHICAGO GUITAR STORE.

>> PRETTY NICE GOTTEN A.

THE SETTLEMENT AND IT'S RULING, I I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT ACTION ON A LARGER SCALE.

I GUESS, TEMPERATURES WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

ANYBODY ELSE?

>> WILDER, WHO IS DESCRIBED AS A GUITAR PRODIGY AND THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO PERFORM AT RIOT FEST UNDERWENT 18 SURGERIES.

HE WAS INSIDE THE STORE WHEN HE WAS SHOT BY THE OFFICER WHO WAS TRAILING AN ALLEGED BANK ROBBER.

>> IN A STATEMENT, THE CITY OF DES PLAINES SAYS IT DOES NOT ADMIT TO ANY WRONGDOING OR LIABILITY TO THE SETTLEMENT.

AND ADDS OFFICER WAS CLEARED OF ANY WRONGDOING.

A POSITIVE SIGN FOR CHICAGO'S FINANCES.

THE WALL STREET AGENCY IS UPGRADING THE CITY'S CREDIT RATING A NOTCH TO TRIPLE B PLUS 60'S.

THE CITY'S OUTLOOK STABLE.

>> AGENCY CITED IMPROVED DEBT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AS WELL AS A DECLINE IN THE CITY'S LONG-TERM LIABILITY.

AS FACTORS FOR THE RATE HIKE.

YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS ON OUR WEBSITE.

UP NEXT, DEBATE OVER PROPOSED MIGRANT SHELTER.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICE IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> AS WE HEARD EARLIER, BRIGHTON PARK COMMUNITY MEMBERS RALLY TODAY AGAINST MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S PLAN TO REBUILD A WINTER ICE BASE CAMP FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS VIOLATE PRIVATE.

AN CAN PRIVATELY OWN LAW IN THE AREA.

THAT'S WHERE A LOCAL ALDERWOMAN REPORTS BEING ASSAULTED.

THE MASSIVE CAMP WOULD HOUSE AT LEAST SOME OF THE MORE 3800 MIGRANTS NOW LIVING AT POLICE STATIONS IN O'HARE HEY, AHEAD OF WINTER WEATHER, SOME RESIDENTS ARE CALLING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY FROM THE CITY WHILE OTHERS ARE URGING A MORE PERMANENT BRICK AND MORTAR PLANT.

JOINING NOW WITH COMMUNITY REACTION ARE.

TEDDY ASIDE A BRIGHTON PARK RESIDENT IN A BUSINESS OWNER NEAR THE PROPOSED SITE.

AND ON THE DAY THE STRICTER OF ORGANIZING FOR THE BRIGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.

NOW WE ALSO INVITED WERE ALDERWOMAN DO THAT TO ME JOIN BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.

NOW WANT TO START OFF WITH A STATEMENT FROM ALDERWOMAN ARMY DOES FOLLOWING TODAY'S EVENTS.

SHE SAID IN PART AFTER HAVING A FEW CONVERSATIONS, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT MOST OF THE PROTESTERS DIDN'T WANT TO ENGAGE.

>> IN A PEACEFUL CONVERSATION WITH ME, SHE WENT ON TO SAY I CALLED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TO EXPLORE MORE OPTIONS FOR SHEEN.

PERMANENT SOLUTIONS.

NOW AT LET'S START WITH YOU.

THE DEMONSTRATIONS GOT INTENSE TODAY, EVEN VIOLENT.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?

SEEN THIS PLAY OUT IN YOUR COMMUNITY?

>> AS A SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED BRYANT PARK AND WORKS STILL IN BRIGHTON PARK.

IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING TO SEE ICE COMPARED TO THE CONTRAST TO WHAT WE TRUMP WAS ELECTED IN 2020 AND THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO FIGHT DEPORTATION TO DO A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, TRAININGS AND RELEASED LEE AND PROTECTING AN ADVOCATE FOR UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE CITIZENS SHIPPED HER OFF.

SO SEEING THE PEOPLE TO A SETTING MOVIE, RIGHT?

WAS REALLY DISHEARTENING.

>> AND TODAY YOU ARE NOT TOO FAR FROM THE PROPOSED SITE.

WHAT DID YOU SEE OUT THERE YEAH, MY PARTNER DEFINITELY HEARD SOME OF THE FIREWORKS THAT APPARENTLY WERE GOING I WAS NOT THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT'S AROUND THIS TOPIC.

LIKE THE BEST OF OUR COLLECTIVE HUMANITY REALLY NEEDS TO EMERGE BECAUSE THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS IT'S NOT JUST BRITAIN PARKING ISSUE.

IT'S A HUMAN ISSUE.

AND I THINK THE RESPONSE TO THE OLDER WOMAN TODAY RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY IN GENERAL IS NOT REPRESENTING THE BEST OF COLLECTIVE HUMANITY.

>> WHAT MORE WOULD YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM ALDERWOMAN TEDDY?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST FROM THE ALDERWOMAN.

I THINK IT'S LIKE IT'S IT GOES BEYOND THAT IT GOES TO THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE STATE.

IT'S IT'S A FEDERAL ISSUE.

AND I THINK THERE ARE 2 REALLY HEAVY SIDES TO LIKE THERE'S MANY, MANY SIDES TO.

THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED AND LAYERED ISSUE OF THIS ENCAMPMENT IN THE I THINK RECOGNITION OF BOOST IN MANY OF THESE DIFFERENT SIDES WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR.

SO I THERE'S THIS ELEMENT THAT IS VERY MUCH VERSUS THEM LIKE WE WERE IMMIGRANTS TO.

BUT WE'VE WORKED HARD TO BE HERE.

THEY'RE LEGAL A LOT OF IT IS ROOTED IN MISINFORMATION.

A LOT OF IT IS RESISTANCE ENOUGH THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS THIS IS A MILITARY CAMP VIRTUALLY A DETENTION CENTER THAT WE WOULD BE KEEPING PEOPLE IN IN THE COLD IN CHICAGO.

AND I THINK IT THAT IS WHERE REALLY THE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE COMES.

IT IS NOT SAFE CONDITIONS.

IT'S NOT LIKE HAVING THIS ENCAMPMENT.

THERE IS SUDDENLY A SOLUTION.

BUT AGAIN, THERE'S LAYERS TO THIS.

THERE'S ISSUES AND WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GO WHAT IS GOING HAPPEN BECAUSE THE CITY AND THE OLDER PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH, RIGHT, LIKE THERE'S NOT BREAKING WE'RE PLAYING LIKE HE >> AND ANDREA, YOU JUST MENTIONED YOU WERE BORN IN RAISED IN BRIGHTON PARKING.

JUST QUICKLY.

TELL ME SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE COMMUNITY DEALS WITH AND ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY BRINGING YOU KNOW THIS?

WHAT YOU SAY?

SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE POSSIBLY WITH THE CAMP TENSE BEING THERE?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, AS AN ORGANIZATION AND AS A RESIDENT OF BIDEN PARK THAT WE'VE BEEN THEY FROM AND COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO ACT.

THE MAN SORRY, MORE EQUITY AROUND THE WAY THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE BEING FUNDED, THE JOBS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WHAT REALLY MEANS.

AND THAT MEANS I FULLY FUNDING OUR COMMUNITIES AND OFFERING THESE RESOURCES TO FOLKS.

SO HAS, I THINK AS FOLKS ARE COMING IN TO THE COMMUNITY AND MY RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE INTO THAT MAY ARISE.

BUT I THINK THAT A LOT OF THAT ANGER IS BEING MISTER DIRECTED AND TAKE A LOT OF THAT IMPACTS AND DISINVESTMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY COME FROM YEARS OF DISINVESTMENT FROM THE CITY, FROM THE STATE, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND I THINK THE TERM ART IN THAT YOU DON'T TO BE CAREFUL TO DISMISS PEOPLE'S CONCERNS FEELING BUT ALSO AT THE TIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMAND FOR MORE RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE YES, WE WELCOME OUR NEW NEIGHBORS AND WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.

WE NEED MORE ACCESSIBLE HOUSING.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A LOT TO BLAME FOR THIS AND NEED STEP UP AND MEET THE MOMENT IN CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN NOW.

>> AND TODAY, AS WE KNOW, CHICAGO GETS REALLY COLD DURING WINTER, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR OPINION, YOU KNOW, OF ASKED THIS QUESTION MANY TIMES, WHAT IS THE RIGHT IMMEDIATE SOLUTION YOU SEE RIGHT NOW?

>> I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT CLEAR.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ONE EXIT ONE FINAL SOLUTION.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS SUCH A TENSE SITUATION LIKE AND I THINK FROM FOR I DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL.

NOT TOO FAR.

I'M THINKING OF THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE OUT IN THE COLD.

SO I THINK FOR US WHAT WE CAN DO, IT'S NOT LIKE WHAT THE ONE SOLUTION IS FOR EVERY SINGLE JUST DANCE TRIP.

BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER AND WHAT WE CAN DO LIKE ACTIVITY IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY TOGETHER, RESOURCES, FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE NOT JUST LIKE BEING A BOX TOSS STAFF AND A BUNCH OF TENSE THAT YOU SEE LIKE IT NEEDS TO LIKE REALLY INTENTIONAL.

GIVING JACKETS, BLANKETS, THINGS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED HELPING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THESE SITES TO COOK YOUR OWN FOOD AND HAVE FOOD.

AND I THINK THERE'S WAYS TO DO THAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

WE AS A AS A PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT FOR FAMILIES SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

HOW IS IT ACTUALLY GOING AFFECT OUR RESOURCES AND OUR COMMUNITY KIND OF LIKE WHAT ARE THEY THERE'S ALREADY OVER.

SETHI IS ALL TEACHERS.

THERE'S ALREADY UNDER SLICK OVER SETH PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN.

AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN HAVING MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY?

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CRIMINALS BECAUSE THAT'S JUST NOT.

THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY WHAT'S SO IF FIND WAYS TOGETHER, FIND WAYS TO TO CREATE COMMUNITY AND WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE SOLUTION.

AND DON'T POINT A SINGER AT THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE.

IT'S THE POLICIES AND IT'S THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE LIVING IN THAT IS CAUSING THIS ISSUE.

>> AND I WANT TO TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT ONE OF TODAY'S PROTESTERS HAD TO SAY.

>> THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY.

POLITICIANS BEFORE HAD REPRESENTED CHICAGO IN A WAY BENEFITED THEM INITIALLY AND THE WEALTHY I GET FATHER WAS RUNNING FLOOR.

THEY'RE TRYING TO RUN IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

IT'S NOT WORKING.

>> AND YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WILL WOULD YOU SAY THE CITY COULD PROVIDE THAT COULD HELP SOME OF THE TENSION AND FEARS THAT RESIDENTS ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW.

>> I THINK PEOPLE JUST WANT TO PLAN B WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S AND TEDDY HAD MENTIONED LIKE THESE ENCAMPMENTS ARE NOT A SOLUTION AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION.

AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THERE TO BE WHAT IS THE PROCESS IN WHICH PEOPLE IF YOU'RE PUTTING THEM EVEN CAN'T OK, UNDERSTAND IT CAN BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION WHAT'S THE PLAN TO GET OUT OF.

WAS THE PLANS AROUND SERVICES ALSO LIKE HOPEFULLY THIS IS NOT FOREVER.

WHAT'S THE PLAN TO USE?

SPACE EMPTY LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

AN INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY PROCESSES FOR THEM TO I WOULD LOVE FOR THERE TO BE A GROCERY STORE HERE OR PART.

THERE'S NO PARKS AND BIDEN PART.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WAYS THAT WE ARE LESS THE COMMUNITY.

THEIR DEMAND AND SOMETHING TO CONTINUE TO LIKE UP LED GUESS THEY'RE NOT RUNNING DEMANDING ARBY'S.

AND ALSO WHAT'S THE CITY PLANNING TO DO TO MAKE THE MOMENT?

>> AND TELL ME WHAT IMPACT COULD THIS TENT CITY HAVEN'T PARK AS A COMMUNITY.

IF THIS GOES INTO EFFECT.

>> SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN TALKING ABOUT I THINK ARE ICY.

LIKE I SAID, LIKE WE'VE KIND OF SING LIKE THOSE FEARS ARE BUT FEAR IS NOT A REASON TO TAKE ACTION ALL THE TIME.

I AND I THINK FOR US IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FEELING LIKE OUR COMMUNITY FEELS UNSAFE.

THAT, IN FACT, ANYTHING, THE UNEASINESS IN MY COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WORKS WITH CHILDREN WHO WORKS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE MIGRANTS THAT WORKS PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE LIVING OR HAS LIVED IN THESE KINDS OF CAMPS IN CHICAGO.

I THINK IT'S THAT WEIRD OR FRIED ANTI IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT NOW RIGHTLY WERE MORE AFRAID OF.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE WALKING BY ENCAMPMENT.

THAT'S OUR SO I THINK THERE'S YEAH, THIS LEVEL OF UNEASINESS AND FEAR THAT'S VERY, VERY >> AND I THINK LITTLE BIT I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.

BUT I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ORGANIZING OF INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR RESIDENTS.

CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT?

>> YEAH, YEAH.

SO I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT WITH OUR PROGRAM AND WITH NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE NEAR US.

AND I THINK FOR US IT'S TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE HOW WE PEOPLE ON A PROGRAM FAMILIES HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FAMILY OR FRIENDS, AND THEY'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE VERY REAL FACT THAT A LOT OF THE SHELTERS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OUR FULL PLATE THERE.

AND THERE'S NO SPACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CHICAGO RESIDENTS.

THAT'S FRUSTRATING.

I UNDERSTAND AND THAT'S WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YES, WE NEED TO SPACES FOR FOR INDIVIDUALS.

I'M LIKE I MENTIONED ABOUT SCHOOLS LIKE CHILDREN WHO ARE COMING ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL AND HE DESERVES THAT AND THEY DESERVE THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION.

BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR TEACHERS?

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE FUN THING IS THE FUNDING AND A CHANGE OF THOSE SCHOOLS IT'S NOT RAINING?

SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK WE'RE WE'RE SINKING OF, THAT OUR COMMUNITIES HOW IT'S GOING AFFECT LIKE THE BIGGER SYSTEMS, NOT NECESSARILY MEDIA TODAY.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME AND FOR YOUR INPUT.

OUR THANKS THAT THE ONUS ON THE SIDE AND ON THE DAY OFF UP NEXT, A VACANT FIRE STATION IN LITTLE VILLAGE MIGHT BE THE NEWEST ADDITION TO A MUSEUM.

WE EXPLAIN RIGHT AFTER THIS.

AFTER BEING VACANT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, A FORMER FIREHOUSE IN LITTLE VILLAGE IS NOT ONLY ON THE WAY TO GETTING LANDMARK STATUS, BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO A CENTER FOR THE COMMUNITY.

HERE TO TELL US MORE ARE VANESSA SANCHEZ, THE DIRECTOR OF YOU'VE GOT THE ARTS REACH INITIATIVE OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART, WHICH IS LOOKING TO BUY THE FIREHOUSE FROM THE CITY FOR ONE DOLLAR AND WARD MILLER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PRESERVATION, CHICAGO.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US NOW.

BUT YES, I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

CAN TELL ME ABOUT THE RENOVATION PLANS FOR THIS BUILDING?

WHY DO YOU WANT TO SPACE?

YEAH, WE THE MUSEUM WAS ON A MISSION TO FIND A NEW SPACE.

RELOOK AT TO EXPAND.

THE PROGRAMMING REALLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE PROGRAMMING TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

>> WE ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE LITTLE VILLAGE, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

THAT'S MORE IN THE WESTERN END OF THE VILLAGE.

WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP TO LOOK INTO THIS FIREHOUSE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE CLOSER TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE AND PROVIDE MORE ARTS PROGRAMMING.

CULTURE JUST MENTORSHIP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FIREHOUSE IS COOL.

I I FEEL LIKE GOING INTO A FIREHOUSE NOW WE KNOW KNOW WHAT I WANT TO GO TO.

WE KNOW THE FIREHOUSE ALSO SEEKING LANDMARK DESTINATION IS PART OF THE PROPOSAL.

>> WHAT MAKES THIS FIRE?

HOW SIGNIFICANT FOR THE COMMUNITY?

SURE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S AN ORANGE RATED BUILDING, WHICH MEANS THAT IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE CITY TO BE IMPORTANT IN THE CHICAGO HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY.

>> THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1996 AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FIRE HOUSES THAT WERE BUILT BY ALL OF US ARE, YOU KNOW, OUR ANCESTORS, IF YOU WILL.

AND THIS IS THE IMPORTANT BUILDING.

AND THERE'VE BEEN A NUMBER OF CHICAGO FIREHOUSE THAT HAVE BEEN LANDMARK OVER TIME.

SO THIS IS GREAT STEP FORWARD.

PRESERVING A GREAT BUILDING, BETTER CHANCE TO GO INSIDE WHO ARE.

>> THAT'S A BIG PART OF YOUR COLLEAGUE IS INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE THERE IN A STATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WHAT WILL THEY HAVE?

WHAT WILL THEY HAVE WILL BE THEIR SAY IN THESE PLANS?

YEAH, ACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THE PAST YEAR.

REALLY THE TALK ABOUT THIS FIREHOUSE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE THERE.

>> HOW THEY WANTED TO LOOK, WHAT IS THE FEEL THEY WANT TO HAVE WHEN THEY WALK INTO THE SPACE AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT THEY SAID IS THEY WANT ONE AREA TO BE JUST FOR THEM AND ONE AREA TO BE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT FIRST FLOOR, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT WILL BE BIG OPEN SPACE FOR GATHERINGS PERFORMANCES FOR EVENTS AND THEN THE TOP FLOOR IS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

SO THAT'S WHERE ALL THE PROGRAMMING WILL HAPPEN FROM CERAMICS, VISUAL ARTS, DIGITAL DESIGN, DIGITAL MUSIC PROGRAMMING.

AND REALLY, JUST AGAIN, IT'S A GATHERING SPACE FOR AN END IT FOR THEM SO THEY CALL LIKE THIS IS MINE.

YEAH.

OFTEN SEE THAT IN COMMUNITIES.

YEAH.

ACTUALLY, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

BEEN THROUGH A PROGRAM CONSISTENTLY SAY LUCKILY HAS BEEN THEIR SECOND HOME.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY.

AND THAT'S GREAT.

NOW, SO OFTEN TO WHAT'S OFTEN WE THINK OF CITY LANDMARKS, WE THINK OF TALL BUILDINGS, DOWNTOWN CHURCHES AND SIMILAR THINGS.

WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE MORE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE LITTLE VILLAGE WHEN LAND MARKING?

I THINK IS I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT LAND MARKING IS IN CHICAGO.

>> IN LANDMARKS ARE FOR EVERYBODY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE BIG BUILDINGS IN THE CHURCHES BUT BUILDINGS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO THE COMMUNITY OR OFFER A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS PROGRAM IN A FORMER FIRE STATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT?

IT BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER AND WE HAVE VERY FEW A LOT NEXT LANDMARKS IN THE LITTLE VILLAGE AND PILSEN COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SEEN COMING ALONG AND WE HAVE THE LITTLE VILLAGE ARCH THAT WE HOPE TO GET LANDMARK.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY DOES, KNOW, ADDRESS A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SO IMPORTANT AND DOING THIS WORK FOR A LONG TIME.

SO MY AROUND HERE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THESE PLACES LANDMARK COMMUNITIES LIKE A LITTLE VILLAGE, YES.

>> AND I WAS BORN AT SAINT ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

2, A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK WHEN YOU HEARD OF LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS GREAT TO GET EXCITED.

EXCITED.

I YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT EXCITEMENT IS SHARED BY OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND AT THE CITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, LANDMARK IS A GOOD STORY, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO WHAT WE SEE IN THE HEADLINES.

THIS IS REALLY A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED.

WE WILL SUPPORT THIS LANDMARK THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

GREAT.

>> AND VANESSA, HOW DO YOU HOPE THIS PROJECT WILL IMPACT ENGAGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY?

>> WE'RE HOPING TO PROVIDE MORE MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

INTERNSHIPS PAID AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING.

SUMMER PROGRAMMING.

RIGHT NOW WE TECHNICALLY SERVE ABOUT 250 USE A YEAR.

SO HOPING DOUBLE THAT WITH THIS NEW SPACE.

ALSO, LET US EXPAND.

YES, EXACTLY.

>> CAN ALSO JUST TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SAYING LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THEY JUST THAT THEY'RE JUST SO EXCITED TO SEE IT FROM THE GROUND UP TO REALLY KNOW THAT THEIR VOICE IS REALLY BEING A PART OF THIS DESIGN PROCESS.

>> AND THAT ALL THOSE LITTLE PARTS THAT THEY WERE HOPING TO SEE CAN BE IN THAT BUILDING WHEN IT OPENED.

SO IT'S REALLY BEEN A PLEASURE.

DEFINITELY LOTS OF DISCO LOTS OF NEON LIGHTS GET REALLY EXCITED TELL ME WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO ACQUIRE THE BUILDING?

>> SO STILL, IT'S STILL PENDING CITY COUNCIL AND THEN AFTER WE'RE HOPING THAT WE ACQUIRE THE BUILDING BY EITHER THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE EARLY NEXT YEAR.

>> AND ITS CONSTRUCTION AND HOPEFULLY OPENING AROUND 2025.

SO THAT SO FAR WE'RE IN 2023.

GOES BY SO IN WARD, GOING TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO LAND MARKING A BUILDING LIKE THE FIREHOUSE.

THE CITY NEEDS TO REPAIR A LANDMARK DESIGNATION REPORT.

>> AND THEN IT NEEDS TO GO BEFORE THE COMMISSION CHICAGO LANDMARKS.

AND THAT WOULD START THE PROCESS WITH A PRELIMARY LANDMARK RECOMMENDATION.

AND THERE'S ABOUT 5 OR 6 STEPS THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WILL BE THERE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OUR 2 LANDMARK THIS BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS A GOOD HANDS WILL THERE AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

JUST ALSO SUPPORT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS?

ARE YOU WORKING ON?

WELL, YES, OF WHERE WE'RE WORKING I HOPE ONE DAY WILL BE THERE PRESERVE SAINT ANTHONY'S AS A REUSE WHEN SAINT ANTHONY'S MOVES TO THEIR NEW BUILDING, THEIR NEW CAMPUS, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT BUILDING PRESERVED.

WE ALSO THE SENTRY CONSUMERS BUILDINGS THAT THE FED'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE GSA WANTS TO DEMOLISH ON STATE STREET.

THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE BERG OFF ITS STATEMENT.

ADAMS AND STATE IN QUINCY, ONE IS A 16 STORY WAS A 22 STORY.

BUILDING CHICAGO SCHOOL EARLY SKYSCRAPER BUILDINGS AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE WILL PREVAIL AND MAYBE MAKE THIS A AN ARCHITECTURE CENTER HIM AN ARCHIVE CENTER'S.

WELL, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BOTH YOU FOR JOINING ME TODAY.

>> AND I THINK SANCHEZ AND WARD MILLER.

UP NEXT, SOUNDS OF AN AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER WORKING WITH LOCAL STUDENTS.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

SHE'S AN AFRO-CUBAN LATINA COMPOSER WHO HAS MADE HER MARK BY FOLLOWING THE RHYTHM OF HER OWN BEAT, OWNS PIECES, CARRY HER CARIBBEAN INFLUENCES WITH SOUNDS OF HER TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD.

WE MET WITH A DEAL TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HER AWARD FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S MUSIC DEPARTMENT.

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THE PIECE IT STILL HAVE THE DRIVE.

YOU CAN TO EVERY NO COUNTIES.

>> WE MET ON INSIDE A MUSIC HALL AT NORTHWESTERN'S BEEN IN SCHOOL OF MUSIC.

WHAT ABOUT THE WILDNESS OF THE SOLOISTS?

>> SOMETHING HAPPENED.

YOU'RE TO TEND IT RIGHT NOW.

IT BE OK. >> THE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE IS PREPARING TO PLAY.

ONE OF THE AUNTS PIECE IS CALLED IS GOOD I THINK SO.

I PRECAUTION WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU, IT DOESN'T MEAN DISAPPEAR.

LEONE HAS A REMARKABLE BODY OF WORK AND A JOURNEY SHE SAYS HAS TAKEN HER AROUND THE WORLD, LENDING HER NUMEROUS AWARDS, INCLUDING THE PULITZER PRIZE IN MUSIC THIS YEAR, NORTHWESTERN'S MUSIC DEPARTMENT, OUR WATER FOR THE MEMBERS PRIZE IN MUSIC COMPOSITION.

LET ME TELL YOU IT'S NOT FUNNY, HUMBLE HOME A LITTLE BUT THE THAT I A IT IT IS LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SEES THAT I REMEMBER.

A BIG INNINGS.

EVERY MEMBER OF MY GRANDMOTHER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SHE HEARD THE PIECE SO MANY TIMES THAT IF I MADE A MISTAKE, SHE WILL BE IN THE KITCHEN IS A HUMANITY, THING CAN BE ON LABELS AND BOUNDARIES AS WELL.

LEON SAYS SHE WANTS STUDENTS TO TAKE AWAY.

>> AS SHE HOSTS WORKSHOPS AND COACHING SESSIONS OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS THAT HE NEEDS I THINK THAT THE CULTURE OF A PERSON IS THE SUM TOTAL THE EXPERIENCES OF PERSON THAT HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN LANGUAGE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL.

YOU I THAT THIS MY LANGUAGE, THAT'S THAT'S ME.

WHAT REPRESENT.

>> KEEPS HER HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AND HAVE AN CLOSE TO HER HEART, PRAISING HER FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING HER DREAMS, A YOUNG NOW HER PIECES HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON STAGES ACROSS THE LIMIT METAMORPHOSIS OF ALL THESE INFLUENCES.

>> AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, A BRIGHT AND THEY COME BACK TO ME IN.

>> AND I TRY TO BE REGARDLESS OF THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT I'M DOING.

I LIKE TO BE A SPONTANEOUS AND ALLOWED WHAT?

CAME TO MY MIND, YOU KNOW, TO BE THERE.

>> JUST AT THIS POINT YOUR LIFE IS YOUR IS YOUR MY DREAM IS TO CONTINUE LEADING INTO THAT.

THEY HAVE TO >> IT IS WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS.

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