Champaign district nets grant for new park

CHAMPAIGN – The Champaign Park District has been awarded a $275,000 state grant to develop a 7-acre park in the Ashland Park subdivision in north Champaign.

"We're thrilled," said park district Executive Director Bobbie Herakovich. "It's a major step for us. We're excited because it's one of the first parks going in that north area with all that development going on up there."

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