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Chicago City Council recently voted to approve the construction of the Obama Presidential Center (pictured) in Jackson Park. Photo: The Obama Foundation

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Long Time Woodlawn Activist Supports Obama Presidential Center

With the recent news of the nearly-unanimous Chicago City Council vote to approve the construction of the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) in Jackson Park, Dr. Leon Finney Jr., founder and CEO of Urban Broadcast Media and longtime community activist in Woodlawn, is beaming. At a recent meeting of the Chicago Plan Commission, Finney presented a petition with 5,038 signatures asking that the Plan Commission vote in favor of the OPC.