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City trying to make space attractive to young families wary of smokers from nearby treatment center
Jump to full article: Chicago Tribune, 2009-10-26
Author: Georgia Garvey Tribune reporter
Intro: A small Evanston park offers a place to relax for men and women who live at a nearby mental health center, but it is off-limits for some parents worried about cigarette smoke and uncomfortable encounters.
Grey Park's playground -- with its teeter-totters and tot lot -- sits virtually unused these days. . . .
Some have suggested eliminating the playground to focus more on drawing adults into the park. They also have discussed designating a smoking area and upgrading the dilapidated community garden. . . .
Tossi said Albany Care, a 417-bed facility, has smoking rooms. If the city ever bans smoking in the park, he said he would try to ensure that residents complied. But smoking, he said, is important to some who live at the center, and he can't stop them.
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