CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The Champaign County Forest Preserve District is celebrating new state funding to improve one of their preserves. The state’s Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday that the Forest Preserve District along with 110 other governing bodies would receive funding this year from the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development Grant Program. […]
More than 200 parks groups throughout Illinois applied for a share of nearly $60 million in state grants largely funded by suburban real estate transfer taxes this year, but several suburban districts came up empty.
Hanover Park Park District recently has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant program.