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Chicago Sun-Times
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Calls to quell Riot Fest should lead to compromise about Douglass Park

Festival-goers walk along Riot Fest grounds on day 4 of Riot Fest at Douglass Park, Sept. 19, 2021. (Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

You can’t blame Little Village and North Lawndale residents for turning up a nose at Riot Fest returning to Douglass Park next month.

Music festivals and special events have occupied the park for 40 days this summer, according to neighborhood organizers, restricting the neighborhoods from having full access to the 173-acre green space at 14th Street and Sacramento Blvd. in this all-too-brief warm weather season.

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