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Resident group urges park district, school district to avoid removing hill and century-old trees for dance studio
Summary
A resident representing neighborhood groups told the District 97 Board that a Park District plan to build a dance studio on the top of the Mann School hill would remove century-old trees and harm the adjoining school field; he suggested building above the school's parking lot as an alternative.
Lehi Galvin addressed the board during public comment on May 13 to urge intergovernmental coordination to prevent a Park District plan from cutting trees and reshaping the top of the Mann School hill for a proposed 4,000—600-square-foot dance studio.
Galvin said the hill and its mature trees are a neighborhood gathering place used by children from several communities and argued the Park District presented the plan as a "done…
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