Protect Our Parks filed a second lawsuit last year attempting to stop the presidential center from being built in historic Jackson Park, arguing the years-long federal review of the project's environmental impact on the site was flawed.
They also argued that state and federal regulators should have considered sites other than Jackson Park, which they argued would have been"much less harmful to protected resources."
Protect Our Parks' attorneys said they plan to forge ahead with their court fight, and plan to appeal to the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The Obama Foundation has estimated the center will cost approximately $500 million. Once it is built, the city would own the campus, but the center would pay to maintain it. The Obama Presidential Center will be privately funded, and the foundation will pay the city $10 to lease the land for 99 years.
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