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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Randy,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Would you please clarify “DOE told
us in January that they have a Plan B.” Where and to whom did the
DOE announce a Plan B? Was there any discussion on why a Plan A failed?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Carolyn Marsh <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
bcnnet-bounces@ece.iit.edu [mailto:bcnnet-bounces@ece.iit.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Randi Doeker - <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March 30, 2011
8:42 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'COS Board';
bcnnet@ece.iit.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [BCNnet] Jeanne Gang's
green deal to build environmental researchcenter wilts </span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><font size=2 color="#663300"
face="Berlin Sans FB"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB";
color:#663300'>FYI: DOE told us in January that they have a Plan B involving
Jeanne Gang for a reduced enviro center. That plan would not have
factored in the new mayor’s fondness for “transformative”
projects. I won’t be surprised if new private donors are found to save
the original plan.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#663300" face="Berlin Sans FB"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Berlin Sans FB";color:#663300'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msonormalcxspmiddle style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><font size=2
color="#663300" face="Berlin Sans FB"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Berlin Sans FB";color:#663300'>Randi Doeker<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msonormalcxsplast style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><font size=2
color="#663300" face="Berlin Sans FB"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Berlin Sans FB";color:#663300'>From today’s CST:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:16.0pt'><a
href="http://www.suntimes.com/business/4569275-417/jeanne-gangs-green-deal-to-build-environmental-research-center-wilts.html">Jeanne
Gang’s green deal to build environmental research center wilts </a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'>Last Modified: Mar 30, 2011 02:11AM <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodydropcap style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:11.0pt'>It was supposed to bring 100,000 visitors annually to <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>’s Southeast
Side, which normally doesn’t share in the tourist trade. It was to be a
one-of-a-kind center for environmental research and education. And it was
supposed to be open by now.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytext style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Instead, the planned <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ford</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Calumet</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Environmental</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> designed by Jeanne Gang, the
biggest name in the new generation of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>
architects, looks more unlikely by the day. Gang is the acclaimed designer of
the Aqua building downtown, and her plans for the environmental center also
drew wide attention. But they may have been too impractical to get built.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>The center, northwest of 134th and Torrence
and alongside the Hegewisch Marsh, was to have used salvaged materials the way
birds do, so it was called Best Nest. It also would have harvested solar energy
and rainwater and possessed internal wastewater treatment so it wouldn’t
need a sewer connection. In 2004, its estimated cost was $7.6 million.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Two community leaders said the city’s
Department of Environment now estimates the one-story building would cost $27
million, although it’s unclear if that includes staff and programming.
They said a deputy commissioner, Aaron Durnbaugh, broke the news to activists
March 15 that the city will either radically economize on the design or get a
new one.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>I asked the department about its intentions
and got a statement saying in part, “Since the project was first
proposed, the plans have evolved and will continue to do so as we move toward
construction. The city is committed to working toward building an environmental
center that will improve the quality of life for both the community and
visitors.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ford Motor Co., whose assembly plant and
supplier park are just north of the land, has committed $6 million for the
building and the state has kicked in $3 million.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Peggy Salazar, acting director of the
Southeast Environmental Task Force, heard the gloomy report from Durnbaugh.
“As a community, we will be very disappointed if this doesn’t
happen,” she said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Judith Lihota, president of the Calumet
Ecological Park Association, said the city’s new stance on the project
was a “bombshell.” She called on Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel to
support a building that she said would showcase how polluted wastelands have
been reclaimed as wetlands and prairies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxspmiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytextcxsplast style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Gang was reported to be traveling and could
not be reached. Why is it that “green” design conserves materials
and energy, but seldom cash?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Berlin Sans FB"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB";
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