Champaign County forest board puts tax increase on ballot
By Paul Wood
Friday July 18, 2008
PENFIELD – Noting major growth in recent years, the Champaign County Forest Preserve District voted Thursday to put a 2-cent property tax hike on the November ballot.
"We need to be proactive," board member Edwin Herricks told the audience, mostly district employees, in order to fund a new park south of Fisher, the recently opened River Bend forest preserve near Mahomet and growth in bicycle trails and other amenities.
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