With a $500,000 private donation already in hand, the city is just shy of the $1 million anticipated cost of renovating a 4.5-acre lagoon.
Renovations to a leaking lagoon in Dawes Park are moving closer to reality with a $400,000 grant from the state. Gov. Pat Quinn announced this weekend that the 4.5-acre lakefront lagoon is among several projects in Illinois that will receive $12.3 million in Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Grants, according to a press release from the city. “The lagoon itself has been leaking, and we’ve been patching it every year,” said Doug Gaynor, director of parks and recreation. “So this will be an opportunity to completely redo that.” Earlier: Evanston Lagoon to be Renamed and Renovated Renovations are already funded in part by a $500,000 donation from the Arrington Foundation, made last June in memory of the late W. Russell Arrington, …
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The lagoon at Evanston's Dawes Park is set to be renamed and renovated after a $500,000 private donation provided a boost for the project.
Evanston’s Dawes Park Lagoon is scheduled to be renovated and renamed The Arrington Lakefront Lagoon after the City received a $500,000 private donation from The Arrington Foundation. City of Evanston officials publicly recognized the philanthropy Wednesday afternoon by holding a press conference in front of the lagoon’s north end. The Arrington Foundation made the donation in memory of the late W. Russell Arrington, an Evanston resident and member of the Illinois General Assembly from 1945 to 1973. Illinois Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-18th) praised Arrington as an individual who greatly influenced the way state government is run in Illinois. “He really was the father of the current system that we have in government today,” Gabel said. “He was the…
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Will Stokes
12:50 pm on Monday, July 11, 2011
Senator Arrington is probably rolling over in his grave. He was a die-hard partisan Republican, big backer of Richard Nixon and I doubt he would want any support given to the Evanston city government as it's currently constituted. See this -- http://bit.ly/qtFeaE more ›