Parks & Recreation
Monday, November 2, 2009
Pumpkins flung far in fundraiser for schools foundation
CHAMPAIGN – Wide-eyed 8-year-old Elijah Wasson of Champaign was awestruck as he saw a pumpkin soar overhead some 900 feet before splattering in a grassy field.
"Whoa!" he said as he gazed at the sky. "That was awesome!"
Friday, October 30, 2009
Board willing to try collaborative parkland method
CHAMPAIGN – Champaign parks officials and local developers apparently will continue to agree to disagree about a method to provide new park space in the city's growth areas.
A joint meeting Wednesday night between the Champaign City Council and the park district board highlighted the continuing rift between the park board, which wants a mandatory land dedication law for residential developments, and developers, who favor what has been termed a "mandatory collaboration."
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Forest Glen Preserve grows by 118 acres
WESTVILLE – Right now, the 107-acre field just east of Forest Glen Preserve looks like any other unharvested cornfield in Illinois, but over the next three years, that land will slowly transform into the largest single piece of upland prairie in Vermilion County.
On Wednesday, the Vermilion County Chapter of Pheasants Forever closed on the purchase of the 107 acres, which borders Forest Glen Preserve, just east of the county park's main entrance.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Camping revenues soar at Middle Fork Preserve
MAHOMET – All of the predictions about recession-related "staycations" proved true this summer for the campground at the Champaign County Forest Preserve District's Middle Fork Preserve near Penfield.
Forest preserve board members learned Monday that campground revenue this year probably will be the highest in at least seven years, if not in the history of the park.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Work on basins mostly on track, despite rains
CHAMPAIGN – Construction on two water detention basins between University and Springfield avenues have resulted in some big holes.
But the project, scheduled to be done by the end of next year, is mostly on track.
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