CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he wants the city to submit a unified bid for President Barack Obama’s presidential library. ADVERTISING CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he wants the city to submit a unified
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he wants the city to submit a unified bid for President Barack Obama’s presidential library.
“It is important for the city to have the president’s library in his hometown, and we will be very competitive in our proposal, and we have put a lot of thought into it,” Emanuel, who is Obama’s former chief of staff, said.
The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago State University and the University of Chicago each expressed interest in being home to the library. So has a group from Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood promoting a lakefront site at a now-closed hospital.
The University of Hawaii is vying for the site and Columbia University in New York is also interested.
Emanuel said he doesn’t expect Chicago will win the library “based on some sentiment toward the city.” The mayor said he will remind Obama of his Chicago roots, but he expects Chicago and its university systems to be competitive in the city’s proposal.
