Park Board members took the public at its word and approved Concept A as the design for the new Fishel Park Band Shell, with additional tweaking as requested by residents and park district personnel. The concept won 644 votes, a majority of 1,896 votes cast for the five preliminary designs submitted by Ehlko Lonigro Architect. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Park District'
Lincoln Center addition proposed
June 15th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Downtown Redevelopment, Park District
Editor’s note: The following story was submitted by John Kikta. The Park Board heard a proposal for a $10.2 million addition to the Lincoln Center at its May 6 meeting. The 20,000-square-foot addition, which would accommodate an anticipated increase in programming, would be accomplished in three phases, according to the presentation by architects Elke Lonigro. [...]
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Washington Park on deck
May 28th, 2010 · 41 Comments · community development, Environment, Neighbohoods, Park District, Stormwater
Washington Park area residents are starting to get an idea of what will be the village’s best park.
Tags: planning·Stormwater
Other applicants
May 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · District 58, District 99, Park District, Village Council
The process for filling the vacant D99 board seat is well underway, with a deadline of 4:30 p.m., Thursday, May 13 for applications. On Monday, May 17, the board will meet in closed session to winnow the field to three candidates. It remains to be seen whether the names of the three finalists or the [...]
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Shell design up for vote
May 10th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Park District
Faced with choosing a design for a new band shell in Fishel Park that will grace the centerpiece of the community for decades, the park district decided to get a little advice from residents. Beginning today and continuing through June 9, the public can vote on one of five conceptual designs submitted by Ehlko Lonigro [...]
Tags: Fishel Park band shell
Community assets
April 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · District 99, Park District
As administrators from D99 and the park district continue to meet in an attempt to update an agreement for the use of various park and school district facilities, now is the time for residents to weigh in with their interests and concerns. This agreement concerns the use of playing fields, gyms and fieldhouses and is [...]
Tags: athletic fields·community assets·swimming pool·youth sports
Of spring bunnies and egg hunts
March 29th, 2010 · Comments Off · Park District, People, Places and Things
A correspondent wrote to express frustration with local efforts to take the “Easter” out of such traditional seasonal vestiges as Easter egg hunts and the Easter Bunny. He/she pointed out that the Downers Grove Park District added a new program this year, inviting kids to spend Saturday morning, March 27, with the “Spring Bunny,” although [...]
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Everyone out of the pool
March 24th, 2010 · 33 Comments · District 99, Park District, Pools, Sports
Long-time users of the North and South high school pools are wondering where they’ll get their exercise now that the park board has acted to terminate its agreement with D99 after the district increased its rates for the facilities to $27 per hour. “The people I swim with are upset, to say the least,” a [...]
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Park Board to fill opening
February 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Park District
Former Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Matthew Cushing is set to be sworn in as park board commissioner at the board’s regular meeting at 7 p.m., Feb. 4 in the Lincoln Center. Cushing, who played for the Steelers from 1999 through 2004, has been a resident of Downers Grove for about four years, said Dan Cermak, [...]
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Nelson Meadow on the block
January 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · community development, District 99, Park District, Residential Redevelopment
Joel Andersen Homes Ltd. has put its 4.8-acre Nelson Meadow site up for auction, nearly four years after the village council approved its plan to build 11 homes on the parcel bordered by Blanchard Street on the north, Jefferson Avenue on the south, Brookbank Road on the west and Carpenter Street on the east. The [...]