North Branch Industrial Corridor

Ald. Michele Smith and the Sheffield Neighborhood Association will renew the call for a major new park.

Ald. Brian Hopkins called for 70 percent of development fees to be spent in the 760 acres of the area.

The Plan Commission unanimously approved the North Branch Industrial Corridor Modernization Plan.

The North Branch Framework made no specific plan for a major new park.

A city plan for the future of the area doesn't include enough parks and green space, they said.

The last day to comment on the North Branch Industrial Corridor's future is Monday. 

The RANCH Association voted against the plan last week, president Reatha Kay said.

The North Branch Industrial Corridor Modernization Plan is now expected to be approved May 18.

The Active Transportation Alliance backed extending the 606 to bike trails Downtown and to the lake.

Neighborhood "voices not heard," Ald. Michele Smith says, rejecting a riverwalk as "token" open space.

One neighborhood leader suggested the property be used for the park being pushed by Ald. Michele Smith.

Ald. Smith has called for a major new park along the river, but planners laid out no such proposals.

The city held a public meeting on a modernization plan for the North Branch Industrial Corridor.

The cost of the 22-acre site was reportedly more than $100 million.

The need for more park land on the North Side is critical, Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) told officials.