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Our Projects

Illinois Properties

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Key #

Park Name

Recipient

Town/City

County

Acreage*

1

Foss Park

Town of Foss

Foss

Lake

0.57

2

Lake Forest Bike Path

City of Lake Forest

Lake Forest

Lake

7.00

3

Lake Forest Recreation Area

City of Highwood

Highwood

Lake

1.50

4

Somme Woods Prairie/Nature Study Center

Cook County Forest Preserve

Northbrook

Cook

23.73

5

Arlington Lakes Golf Club

City of Arlington Heights

Arlington Heights

Cook

90.31

6

Carleton Rogers Park

City of Elgin

Elgin

Kane

0.41

7

Nike Park

City of Addison

Addison

DuPage

6.95

8

Nike Park Sports Complex

City of Naperville

Naperville

DuPage

14.22

9

Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve

County of DuPage

-----

DuPage

1,991.73

10

Spencer Park

City of New Lenox

New Lenox

Will

2.00

11

Wolf Lake Overlook

Cook County Forest Preserve

Chicago

Cook

44.15

12

Apollo Park

Towns of Homewood
/Flossmoor

Homewood

Cook

14.64

13

Lloyd C. Erickson Memorial Park

Village of Elwood

Elwood

Will

40.20

14

Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area

Illinois Dept. of Conservation

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Will

1,922.25

15

Bushnell Bicentennial Public Park

City of Bushnell

Bushnell

McDonough

4.00

16

Mount Pulaski North Park

City of Mount Pulaski

Mount Pulaski

Logan

1.10

17

Macon Memorial Park

City of Macon

Macon

Macon

3.00

18

Civic Park

City of Granite City

Granite City

Madison

0.62

19

Lusk Creek Marina

Illinois Department of Natural Resources

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Pope

52.46

20

Recreation centers, former Chanute AFB

Village of Rantoul

-----

Champaign

21.92

21

Navy Pier Park

City of Chicago

Chicago

Cook

0.47

22

Patriot's Park

Homewood-Flossmoor Park District

------

Cook

11.02

23

Vernon Hills Athletic Complex

Village of Vernon Hills

Vernon Hills

Lake

46.66

Total

4300.91

*Acreage of property conveyed from U.S. Government to state or local government which may only be a portion of the total park acreage.

 

        

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