Residents fight Army Corps plan to expand sludge tank at the mouth of the Calumet River instead of building a park

Marcelina Pedraza plays with her 10-year-old daughter, Edie, on March 3, 2021, at their home in the East Side neighborhood of Chicago. Pedraza, an electrician who works for the Ford Motor Co., grew up on the Far Southeast Side and left for a few years,, only to return to the area for personal and financial reasons. “People go back to what they know,” she said. (Erin Hooley)