For reasons as diverse as the City of Chicago itself, we oppose the Chicago Bears new stadium proposal on the lakefront.

For more information: fotp.org/chilakefrontcoalition.html

About Friends of the Parks:

Mission Statement: Friends of the Parks inspires, equips, and mobilizes a diverse Chicago ​to ensure an equitable ​park system for a healthy Chicago.

Friends of the Parks envisions a well-balanced Chicago park system, protected by Chicagoans for Chicagoans, to advance the individual, community, public, ecological, and economic health and well-being of our city.

Friends of the Parks believes that a healthy park system:

• is equitably distributed and resourced
• contributes to inclusivity and democracy
• offers a balance of recreational and natural resources
• contributes to neighborhood safety
• ensures gathering spaces that help to build community
• supports the rejuvenation of the body, mind, and spirit
• promotes the health of our environment
• forms part of a healthy economic base for our neighborhoods and the city

"Healthy Parks for a Healthy Chicago"

(Photo Source: Chicago Bears NFL Franchise)