The project would convert a 1.75-mile abandoned railway corridor into a grade-separated multi-use path.
would extend from Wallace Street on the east to Hoyne Avenue on the west along the abandoned railway embankment between 58th and 59th streets.CBS 2's Jackie Kostek hiked up onto the trail Thursday with Anton Seals Jr., executive director of"It's like, where am I?" Seals said."That's what it always feels like when people come up.
The city acquired the railway corridor in 2018 from Norfolk Southern Railroad. The allocated $6 million this past spring for phase one of design funding.Long-term, the city hopes the trail will connect the surrounding area with park space and multi-use paths. "We want a trail where people can come and have a respite from a hard city's day; a trail where you have activities for children and seniors and families," Seals said."We want a place where there's commerce and there's kind of a throughline for agriculture."
In her role with Grow Greater Englewood, Itaagi is essentially in charge of making sure the community is involved in every part of the development process for the trail. She is also the co-owner of a farm called Sistas in the Village.But beyond the"for Englewood, by Englewood" measure of success, Itaagi wants people to feel what she feels on the trail - peace.
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