Stories tagged "recreation"

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Toalson Park

Toalson Park spans 7 acres in northwest Champaign.

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Thompson Park: Mini Park

This park takes up 1/3 of an acre. Clarence Thompson donated the land in 1964.

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Dodds Park

This park spans 110 acres in northwest Champaign. The land was purchased through the Open Space Acquisition grant in 1969. The Greenbelt Bikeway trail is 1.6 miles long.

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Powell Park

This park spans 7.7 acres in northwest Champaign. Mike Thompson and Jim O'Malley donated 3.7 acres while the remaining 4 acres were purchased in 1988.

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Heritage Park

This park spans 41.6 acres in northwest Champaign. Forty acres were donated by Mattis Trust, Ross Camp, Elsie & Bill Springer in 1974. First Federal of Peoria donated the remaining 1.6 acres in 1977.

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Kaufman Park and Lake Boathouse

The Kaufman Park and Lake Boathouse is a part of Champaign Park District and spans a beautiful 24.22 acres. Stanley and Josephine Kaufman donated the park from 1968-1973. The lake was donated by Joan Swartz in 1978. It shares the Greenbelt Bikeway trail, which is 1.6 miles long.

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Town Center Park: Mini Park

This Champaign park was donated by BankIllinois Trust Co. (Thomas Kauffmann, Pat Fitzgerald) in 1998. It spans 5 acres.

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Sunset Ridge Park (Formerly Boulder Ridge Park)

This park spans 18 acres in northwest Champaign. It was purchased from GAM Properties in 2006 with help from an IDNR LAWCON grant.

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Hazel Park

This park spans 5.25 acres in northeast Champaign. It was obtained from a land exchange with Unit 4 School District in 1965.

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Bristol Park

This park spans 1.85 acres. It was obtained through a license agreement with City of Champaign.

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Wesley Park

This Champaign park spans 1.5 acres in northeast Champaign. The park has a 1/4 mile-long trail, named after Martin Luther King. The park was purchased in 1969 with a 1966 bond.

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Douglass Park

Douglass Park is located in northeast Champaign, where it spans 12.5 acres.

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Beardsley Park

This Champaign park was donated by George F. Beardsley and Harry P. Shivers in 1874. It spans 1.9 acres.

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Bannon: Mini Park (Previously named Sagamore Park)

This Champaign park spans .1 acres and was donated by the city of Champaign in 1999.

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Spalding Park

This Champaign park spans 15.9 acres in northwest Champaign. The first 11 acres were purchased through the Open Space Acquisition Grant Gift - Spalding Trust Funds in 1966. 4.418 acres were acquired from Public Housing in 1976, and another .528 acres were leased from Clark Distributing as of 1977.

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Mini Park #8

This Champaign park spans 1.78 acres. It was obtained through a license agreement with the City of Champaign.

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Willis Park

This Champaign park spans .28 acres. It was obtained in 1908 from unknown sources.

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Glenn Park

This park spans 2.1 acres in northwest Champaign. It was a gift from Louis G. Collision and his wife in 1924.

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Davidson Park

This Champaign park spans .28 acres. It was a donation in 1901 from: Charles H. Baddeley, Frederick L. Cushing, Florence Morrow, John W. Stipes, and James W. Davidson.

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Eisner Park (formerly West End Park)

This Champaign park spans 4.1 acres. It was donated by Albert Eisner, Jr., Elizabeth Eisner, and Robert Eisner in 1944.

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Mini Park V

This Champaign park spans .01 acres. It was obtained in 1988.

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Trevett-Finch Park

This Champaign park spans .53 acres. The land was donated by Alma Trevett Gerber. A $15,000 donation was provided by Linda Allen, Claire Robertson, and Carol Rose (daughters of Helen Bess Cone) to develop the park.

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West Side Park

This Champaign park spans 12.7 acres. It was donated by Jeffrey A. Farnam, Nathan M. Clark, and James P. White in 1854.

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Stampofski Park

This Champaign park spans .03 acres. It was named after Rebecca Stampofski who donated the land in 1897.

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Skelton Park

This Champaign park was obtained through a license agreement with the City of Champaign. It spans .3 acres.

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Lo Park

This Champaign park spans .45 acres. It was donated by Adolf and Renee Lo in 1983. It was originally named Mini Park III.

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Helms Park

This Champaign park is .047 acres. It was purchased in 1979.

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Scott Park

This Champaign park spans 3.5 acres. It was donated by Thomas G. Wood and James R. & Lou Emma Scott between 1891 and 1901.

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Washington Park

Washington Park spans 2.5 acres. It was donated by George W. Davidson in 1905.

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Firefighter's Park

This Champaign park spans .253 acres. It was originally named Mini Park VI. Firefighters Park was obtained from the city of Champaign through a license agreement in 1989.

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