Streeterville Organization Of Active Residents

SOAR – HELPING ‘MAKE THINGS HAPPEN’

Aug 14, 2002

SOAR’s letter to Crain’s Chicago Business about the City’s draft proposal for “a massive upgrade” of the downtown public transportation system was the lead letter in the magazine’s May 6 issue (“Streeterville Advocates Back Transit Planning”). The letter noted that the City's draft proposal contains a number of suggestions previously made by SOAR, including a ban on freestanding parking garages. We pointed out that although SOAR volunteers are not experts, "as observant and committed residents, we try hard to come up with solutions. We are gratified when the experts in city government who can make things happen take our raw and untested ideas seriously.”