With ‘Base Camps’ Weeks Away from Opening, Officials Scramble for Temporary Plan for Migrants – WTTW (Chicago)

Although the Chicago City Council has approved a plan to purchase the now-vacant Jewel-Osco and surrounding parking lot near 115th and Halsted streets for $1, city workers must now prepare the 6.5-acre site by removing debris, eliminating rodents and confirming that the city can provide electricity and water to the site, said Cristina Pacione Zayas, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first deputy chief of staff.