Sentences with phrase «small park district»

What is certain, however, is that the small park district does not have money to spend on the property, which is restricted by law to remain open space.

There are already skateboard havens at YMCAs in Palatine and Des Plaines, and a small Park District facility in Arlington Heights.

WASHINGTON — It seems it will take an act of Congress to settle a four - year - old dispute between the smallest park district in Illinois and the National Park Service.

Not exact matches

On this day in 2011, hundreds of protesters flowed into New York's Zuccotti Park, a small private park just two blocks from Wall Street in the city's financial distrPark, a small private park just two blocks from Wall Street in the city's financial distrpark just two blocks from Wall Street in the city's financial district.

The Park District, whose jurisdiction extends as far east as Plum Grove Road, provides only one small playground for Rolling Meadows residents living in that area.

A small group of children crowded around 10 - year - old Ashley Osorio Monday as she held the instant camera photograph of her first day in this year's Chicago Park District summer camp program.

James Breen, director of the St. Charles Park District, told the South Elgin Village Board this week that some of the proposed park property lies in a wetland, and most of the park sites are too small for active uses such as soccer and basebPark District, told the South Elgin Village Board this week that some of the proposed park property lies in a wetland, and most of the park sites are too small for active uses such as soccer and basebpark property lies in a wetland, and most of the park sites are too small for active uses such as soccer and basebpark sites are too small for active uses such as soccer and baseball.

Northerly Island will host as many as eight 30,000 - capacity concerts a summer in addition to a full slate of smaller shows, promoters Live Nation and the Chicago Park District will announce Monday.

Using $ 35 million from a lease of city parking garages, the district will transform 25 acres that include Daley Bicentennial Plaza and two smaller areas to the east known as Cancer Survivors Garden and Peanut Park, officials said.

The Arlington Heights Park District's employee driven volunteer group, ENVIROGROUP, recently announced that it is gathering new or gently used backpacks, duffels, and small suitcases in preparation for the 2017 - 2018 school year.

The inconsistent weather along with the snow that slows down the freezing process led to the park district losing one of its small ice clearing machines when it recently broke through the ice at Rathje Ppark district losing one of its small ice clearing machines when it recently broke through the ice at Rathje ParkPark.

The Park District's referendum will renew, revitalize and reinvest in modernizing buildings that were built 43 — 73 years ago and that were sufficient for the needs of smaller populations in 1939 and 1969.

The Park District produces and facilitates programs throughout the Village of Arlington Heights and small portions of Palatine, Mt. Prospect, Prospect Heights, and Rolling Meadows.

A small portion of Northerly Island, the former site of Meigs Field airport, could soon become a scenic venue for concerts, weddings and even high school graduations, under a plan to be considered Wednesday by the Chicago Park District.

Considering that only 5 cents of each resident's tax dollar goes toward the Park District, the impact will be small.

Wilson said the park district gets many calls from people who want to rent out the Lake View Center for weddings and other functions, but he said that that building is too small for larger events.

Peck has pointed to his experience as a small business owner and has noted that the executive director of the Naperville Park District, a former police chief, did not have any previous experience in parks and recreation before being hired..

The Park District extended the program's hours at Stevenson in an effort to disperse use in the smaller space, Park District Spokeswoman Diane Stanke said.

No money will change hands between the two agencies, and the park district will install two bathrooms and a small kitchen, while SEASPAR will provide furniture, fixtures and equipment.

The group has argued that Peck, a small business owner, doesn't have the experience necessary to run the park district.

A year ago, neighbors protested so loudly that a DuPage County Board committee sent the small Butterfield Park District back to the drawing board on plans to build a fieldhouse in one of its parks.

The types of the amenities the village is seeking from developers, such as small parks or green spaces, are hard for the Park District to maintain, said park Commissioner John WilPark District to maintain, said park Commissioner John Wilpark Commissioner John Wilson.

The small Butterfield Park District will have to go back to the drawing board after a DuPage County development panel last month unanimously voted down the district's proposal to build a large fieldhouse in one of itDistrict will have to go back to the drawing board after a DuPage County development panel last month unanimously voted down the district's proposal to build a large fieldhouse in one of itdistrict's proposal to build a large fieldhouse in one of its parks.

The Spring Flower Shows at two Chicago Park District conservatories will provide at least a small taste of spring until the real thing arrives in the area.

Thursday «s «meeting «in the park district headquarters administration building at 425 E. McFetridge Drive, just north of Soldier Field, was brief but raucous as about 50 newspersons and about 100 spectators filled the small auditorium.

Residents of Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood plan to host a series of meetings beginning Thursday to discuss what will happen to the small zoo at Indian Boundary Park, after the Chicago Park District in late May proposed to replace it with a nature center.

The Park District tests the quality of water daily for E. coli bacteria, which can be harmful particularly to small children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems.

The small skate park with its four homemade wooden ramps will be moved Thursday from the parking lot at Meadow Glens Park to the basketball courts at DuPage River Park at Washington Street and Royce Road, Park District officials said Fripark with its four homemade wooden ramps will be moved Thursday from the parking lot at Meadow Glens Park to the basketball courts at DuPage River Park at Washington Street and Royce Road, Park District officials said FriPark to the basketball courts at DuPage River Park at Washington Street and Royce Road, Park District officials said FriPark at Washington Street and Royce Road, Park District officials said FriPark District officials said Friday.

The show aims to offer practical and imaginative ways to make the most of garden spaces common in the city — small front and back yards, parkways, balconies and roof gardens, for example, said Laura Foxgrover, director of development for the Park District.

She argues that only a small number of Naperville residents are using this large, beautifully wooded chunk of park - district - owned land and that it should be used for something with a wider appeal.

A park district official at the time donated a bear, and nearby residents began donating ducklings and other small animals.

Becker's memo also cites low interest rates on investments, and an increase in the park district's scholarship program as reasons for the unusually small operating surplus this year.

But park officials maintain that, even though the facility, which will feature two basketball courts, administrative offices, a small nursery and storage space, will be visible from several homes, it is in the best interests of a majority of Park District residepark officials maintain that, even though the facility, which will feature two basketball courts, administrative offices, a small nursery and storage space, will be visible from several homes, it is in the best interests of a majority of Park District residePark District residents.

The current community center near the village hall is too small and is mostly made up of classrooms, Park District officials said.

Park District staff are now investigating whether the district should build one large skate park in York Commons Park or several smaller facilitPark District staff are now investigating whether the district should build one large skate park in York Commons Park or several smaller facDistrict staff are now investigating whether the district should build one large skate park in York Commons Park or several smaller facdistrict should build one large skate park in York Commons Park or several smaller facilitpark in York Commons Park or several smaller facilitPark or several smaller facilities.

It was just a couple years ago that Kevin Dunn and a small entourage of fellow skateboard enthusiasts would regularly show up at the meetings of the Tinley Park Park District's Board of Commissioners with a single purpose: to lobby for a skateboard pPark Park District's Board of Commissioners with a single purpose: to lobby for a skateboard pPark District's Board of Commissioners with a single purpose: to lobby for a skateboard parkpark.

The smaller, neighboring communities «aren't large enough to support [their own] programs,» said Carla Smothers, Barrington Park District's superintendent of recreation.

Glen Ellyn — As the Park District prepares for a Jan. 9 hearing on its plans to join Central DuPage Health Systems in building a $ 10 million - to - $ 12 million fitness and wellness center, a small group of residents is questioning whether a public body should be involved in a for - profit venture.

Yet Tuesday, most area park districts, libraries and other small units of governments fared well.

In the mid-1920s, the Ridge Avenue Park District opened a small zoo, one of only two zoos in Chicago and initially housing only a lone black bear.

A shallow Lake Michigan and «benign neglect» by the Chicago Park District have helped create small sand dunes at Montrose Beach — a habitat for rare plants that haven't been seen for decades in Chicago.

Addison «s 53 Trails Estate Park District, $ 198,000 for 15.3 acres for a nature preserve; Cook County Forest Preserve District, $ 250,000 for 7.2 acres of the Wolf Road prairie near Westchester; Westmont Park District, $ 91,100 for 7.3 acres for a neighborhood park, nature trails and a small camping aPark District, $ 198,000 for 15.3 acres for a nature preserve; Cook County Forest Preserve District, $ 250,000 for 7.2 acres of the Wolf Road prairie near Westchester; Westmont Park District, $ 91,100 for 7.3 acres for a neighborhood park, nature trails and a small camping aPark District, $ 91,100 for 7.3 acres for a neighborhood park, nature trails and a small camping apark, nature trails and a small camping area;

And in rural areas, more people are likely to be found in a Wal - Mart parking lot on a weekend than in the business district of a small town.

Ending plans by the small Butterfield Park District to build a large fieldhouse, the DuPage County Board unanimously rejected the proposal Tuesday.

With an additional $ 5,000 from the Park District, the Skate Committee was able to fund and build a small half pipe for the Park.

And therein lies the secret to the Chicago Park District's burgeoning collection of playlots, the small, sometimes elaborately equipped playgrounds, some of them stand - alone and some tucked into neighborhood parks.

But the wider aisles and smaller sections of seats in the new stadium provide the space, Park District Supt. David Doig said.

The Park District, which has seven «dog - friendly areas» in the city, already has designated Coliseum Park, a small South Loop park at 14th Street and Wabash Avenue, as a dog pPark District, which has seven «dog - friendly areas» in the city, already has designated Coliseum Park, a small South Loop park at 14th Street and Wabash Avenue, as a dog pPark, a small South Loop park at 14th Street and Wabash Avenue, as a dog ppark at 14th Street and Wabash Avenue, as a dog parkpark.

The Naperville Park District will accept small electronics for recycling at four locations through Aug. 16.

When looking for work when her daughter was small, Sullivan decided to try and turn her hobby of crafts into a job and applied at the Park District.