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A presidential library that’s not a library. Obama Center pilots a community model – CSMonitor.com

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By Richard Mertens
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Eric Cox / Reuters By Richard Mertens, Contributor June 17, 2026, 5:27 p.m. ET | Chicago Chris “Dough” Fryison dropped off a load of supplies on Monday at a café that he and his wife plan to open next week on 61st Street on Chicago’s South Side. The café, called Doughboy’s CHGO Enterprises, will serve “basic comfort food,” Mr. Fryison said, and they hope it will attract not only locals but visitors from the soon-to-open Obama Presidential Center a mile-and-a-half down the street.
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A presidential library that’s not a library. Obama Center pilots a community model.

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By Richard Mertens
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Chris “Dough” Fryison dropped off a load of supplies on Monday at a café that he and his wife plan to open next week on 61st Street on Chicago’s South Side. The café, called Doughboy’s CHGO Enterprises, will serve “basic comfort food,” Mr. Fryison said, and they hope it will attract not only locals but visitors from the soon-to-open Obama Presidential Center a mile-and-a-half down the street.
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A presidential library that’s not a library. Obama Center pilots a community model.

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By Richard Mertens
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