The images that Chicago will serve up to international Olympics officials in the coming week are changing by the hour, with an appearance by Michael Jordan and yet another community protest among the recent additions.

Long-expected to play a role in Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics, basketball legend Jordan finally brings his megawatt smile to a promotional video unveiled at a news conference Wednesday at Douglas Park, an Olympic venue site on the West Side.
inched up 1 percentage point in recent months, to 78 percent, according to a survey commissioned by the bid committee and unveiled Wednesday. Nonetheless, several protests are expected during the visit.

"Chicago has not honored its promise," said Denise Dixon, executive director of Action Now, one of the coalition group's members. "They told us we will have our concerns heard and a legally binding agreement to prove it. We don't have it."
Activists who want a Chicago Olympics to produce community jobs, minority contracts and affordable housing said Wednesday that they will protest during the IOC visit at an unspecified time and place, despite a pending ordinance to ensure some of those benefits.

Communities for Equitable Olympics, a coalition, said it was upset that Daley and the Chicago 2016 bid team did not secure full City Council approval for a community benefits ordinance before the visit.