Lakefront advocacy group Friends of the Parks (FOTP) is expressing its opposition to a planned quantum computing campus on Chicago’s Far South Side ahead of a rezoning meeting.
In an e-mail, FOTP is urging supporters to “vote no” on rezoning the vacant 440-acre former US Steel South Works Site.
“This project is moving at quantum speed with minimal community engagement or public scrutiny. While Chicago residents and small businesses are facing property tax increases, the Quantum Campus has already been approved for a tax reduction from 25% to 10% and permit fee waivers,” the organization’s interim executive director said in a written statement. “Any proposal involving our lakefront and ecologically rich open spaces requires the highest level of scrutiny.”
In 2016, FOTP successfully sued to prevent George Lucas from building a museum along the lakefront and has previously voiced opposition to the construction of any new stadium project on the …