‘Protect our home:’ Girl Scouts paint mural in support of resident opposition to proposed data center in South Loop

Girl Scouts with Troop 26260 work on a mural that says “Protect our home” in response to a proposed data center near East 21st Street and South Calumet Avenue on Thursday, Sept. 14 at Prairie District Park. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

More than 15 Girl Scouts have joined a resident-led effort to protest a proposed data center in the South Loop.

On Thursday, the girls, age 7, sprawled across a large mural Thursday afternoon at Prairie District Park as they painted an image of the Earth, the rainbow and an assortment of hearts. Bold purple letters read, “Protect our home.”