A pair of parks on the North and South sides will be constructed through City land sales and financial measures approved today by City Council.

Edgewater Medical Center Park, 5700 N. Ashland Ave.
A one-acre park will be developed on the western portion of the former Edgewater Medical Center site in Edgewater, where the City will transfer six parcels of land for $1 to the Chicago Park District. Tax Increment Financing (TIF) assistance up to $960,000 will support the development of walking paths, landscaping, benches, fencing and lighting. The park will serve as an open space amenity for the surrounding community. The remainder of the medical center site is expected to be redeveloped with a mix of apartments and homes involving former hospital buildings and new construction.

10440-44 S. Corliss Ave.
A new playlot park will be developed  in Pullman through the sale of three City-owned lots for $1 each to the Park District, which will improve the quarter-acre site with playground equipment, landscaping and fencing. Construction is being coordinated with KaBoom, a national non-profit that helps build playgrounds in low-income communities, and Chicago CRED, a local workforce development organization.

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