A community effort to boot Riot Fest from Douglass Park gains momentum
Some Little Village and Lawndale residents say they are fed up with music festivals like Riot Fest taking over the green space they rely on.
By Marie MendozaA community effort to boot Riot Fest from Douglass Park gains momentum
Some Little Village and Lawndale residents say they are fed up with music festivals like Riot Fest taking over the green space they rely on.
By Marie MendozaAfter a contentious meeting between community members and a Riot Fest contractor last week, a petition to remove the music festival from Douglass Park on the West Side has collected nearly 1,400 signatures.
Meanwhile, organizers from the surrounding neighborhoods of Little Village and Lawndale are calling on artists to cancel their performances at the event, which is scheduled for Sept. 16-18.
Reset explores what some residents are demanding, and how festival organizers and the city are responding.
GUESTS: Sara Heymann, organizer with Únete La Villita
Juanita Irizarry, executive director of Friends of the Parks
Edith Tovar, senior just transition organizer at the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO)