Also, trustees said, the Park District's master plan calls for
installing a turf field at Stevenson in 2015.
The Park District of Oak Park's director, Jan Arnold, said
installing a turf field has long been a goal of the district, and the turf fields» durability allows for more play time than traditional fields.
The space at Stevenson was opened Aug. 10 as a temporary option for dog owners to let their pets off - leash for a few hours on weekend mornings, which they had been allowed to do at a 130,000 - square - foot space in Ridgeland Common until the district began
installing a turf field there early this month.
The club has discussed contributing to the added cost of
installing a turf field.
In recent months, officials have discussed
installing a turf field instead of a grass field in the park — at an added cost of up to $ 1 million, which the Lyons Township Soccer Club has said is needed for the community's large number of soccer players.
Not exact matches
Act Global has
installed more than 1,600
fields worldwide and is a leader in sports
turf research, development and technology.
«The Arlington Heights Park District has experienced a «recreation renaissance» of sorts over the past few years especially since opening the doors to the new Pioneer Park Community Center in 2008 and since unveiling the cooperatively
installed and managed synthetic
turf field with District 214 at Hersey High School in 2011,» said Maryfran Leno, Park Board President.
Some Oak Park residents are unhappy with a park district plan to remove a dog run and sled hill to
install a synthetic
turf field at Ridgeland Common.
The space at Stevenson is a substitute for a 130,000 - square - foot space at Ridgeland Common, which the Park District recently closed to dogs because a
turf field is being
installed there.
Ridgeland Common, which in recent years has allowed dog owners to let their pets off - leash on weekend and holiday mornings, is now closed while a
turf field is
installed.
Then at the meeting, park commissioners voted unanimously to finish the
field and reimburse Latin School up to $ 2 million in costs incurred
installing the artificial -
turf field.
Park District director Dean Bissias said the soccer club approached the park district about
installing a synthetic
turf field in the place of a natural grass
field as the district moves forward with major renovations to the park at East Ogden Avenue and Locust Avenue.
Bandshell at Forest Park in Woodhaven • $ 300,000 to improve lighting along the shorefront facing Queens in Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island • $ 1.5 million to renovate the baseball
fields at Glen Oaks Playground in Glen Oaks • $ 1 million to renovate Hallets Cove Playground in Astoria • $ 975,000 to improve the asphalt
field at Hoffman Park in Elmhurst • $ 1.3 million to construct a meditation garden and upgrade Rachel Carson Playground in Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing • $ 322,000 to construct a skate park at Laurelton Playground in Laurelton • $ 850,000 to upgrade Lannett Playground in Far Rockaway • $ 600,000 to renovate Maple Playground in Flushing • $ 1.5 million to
install new play equipment and to upgrade the sprinklers and surface at Mauro Playground in Kew Gardens Hills • $ 350,000 for landscape improvements along the Merrick Boulevard Mall in Springfield Gardens • $ 700,000 to enhance the lawn area,
install new walkways, decorate pavers,
install new benches and plantings, create a new entry and repair the retaining wall at Newtown Playground in Elmhurst • $ 2 million to upgrade to existing benches and equipment in Norelli Hargreaves Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt
field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills,
install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for
turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball
field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Program.
In June 2006 Toronto's Upper Canada College (UCC) decided to offset the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to the life cycle of the new artificial
turf field installed on their campus.