Obama Foundation floats idea of closing roads in Jackson Park
The Obama Foundation is floating the idea of closing a major thoroughfare that connects Lake Shore Drive motorists to the South Side and a key route to Indiana and Michigan...
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As Obamas exit center stage, they get to work shaping legacy
Former President Barack Obama is wasting little time trying to establish his legacy through his foundation, rolling out a video appeal for his presidential library on a new website laden...
Obama Foundation reports increase in donors
In the final fundraising report before President Barack Obama leaves office and begins to personally raise money for his library on the South Side, his foundation showed an uptick in...
As groups voice concern, Park District moves ahead with golf course in Jackson Park
Two days after assuring South Side residents that a Tiger Woods-designed golf course in Jackson Park was not yet a sure thing, Chicago park officials Wednesday awarded a $1.1 million...
Elite South Side golf course by Tiger Woods has skeptics, raises questions
In just four months, Chicago plans to break ground on an audacious project — the refashioning of two sleepy golf courses on the South Side into a high-caliber course that...
Obama Foundation’s daunting task: Raising money for his library
After turning over the White House next month to a successor who aims to scuttle some of his key initiatives, President Barack Obama and his foundation will embark on an...
White House veteran joins Obama Foundation as chief executive
The Obama Foundation tapped a White House veteran Monday to join the leadership team that will develop the presidential library on the South Side, naming David Simas as chief executive...
Obama library planners tap Chicago-area artists to showcase work at office
As it maps out plans for Chicago's first presidential library, the Obama Foundation chose to line its Hyde Park office walls with artwork by a distinctive pool of artists anchored...
Todd Ricketts, Cubs co-owner, picked to serve as deputy commerce secretary
Even for the scion of a billionaire family, Todd Ricketts has had an eclectic career — trader in a securities industry startup, part-owner of the Chicago Cubs, proprietor of a...
In Jackson Park, private money begins to reshape a public jewel
Young football players from some of the city's most violent neighborhoods huddled with their coach in Jackson Park, their white helmets and red jerseys glowing beneath the playing field's high-intensity...