Source: Chicago Sun-Times.com

Mon, 06/16/2014 - 7:38pm
Lynn Sweet
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle are being offered a dozen sites — from Honolulu to Harlem to Hyde Park and other Chicago locations — for the Obama Presidential Library and Museum. The bids emphasize Obama’s singular place in African-American history and how the facility would trigger economic renewal and community engagement.

Seven bidders delivered voluminous proposals by the Monday deadline to the Barack Obama Presidential Foundation, at 300 E. Randolph in Chicago, the offices of Marty Nesbitt, the Obama close friend who is one of the foundation’s leaders.

Though no last-minute entrants were expected, the foundation did not want to comment until the midnight deadline expired.

The next step is for the foundation and the first family to distill the presentations and decide who advances to the next round, a process that could take several months.

The Monday deadline was for submission of a “request for qualifications” document for parties that want to host the library. The designation of proposed sites was the key specific request in the document.

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