The Rev. Monica Esparza stands on land at Hickory Hill Community Center where the city Fire Department wants to build a new fire training facility. She is among the opponents who want to keep the space green and undisturbed.
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Hickory Hill community opposes planned fire training facility
In a retreat from a two-year-old policy of expanding parks and green space in overly hot South Side, Mayor Levar M. Stoney and his administration are quietly pressing to replace 2 acres of lawn at the Hickory Hill Community Center in South Side with a $1 million fire training building.
