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Oswegoland Park District unveils Farmington Lakes Park improvements, including pedestrian bridge · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego Land Park District Unveils Farmington Lakes Park Improvements, Including
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  Speaker 1: Pedestrian Bridge. Written by Eric Shelkov. This article is being
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  Speaker 1: In planning for the development of the 71-acre Farmington Lakes Park,
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  Speaker 1: the Oswego Land Park District staff wanted something for everyone.
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  Speaker 1: That included adding two pedestrian paths, a picnic shelter with
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  Speaker 1: a game table, bago stations, a pedestrian bridge over Wabanzi Creek,
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  Speaker 1: and an ADA-accessible kayak-clano launch and fishing pier. In keeping
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  Speaker 1: with our mission to create opportunities for a healthy community,
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  Speaker 1: the most exciting addition is the district's first ADA-accessible kayak
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  Speaker 1: and canoe launch and fishing pier. Oswes Golan Park District
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  Speaker 1: Executive Director Chad Feldado said during the park's grand opening
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  Speaker 1: ceremony on August 25th. Other improvements include off street parking
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  Speaker 1: for unloading and loading of bikes and kayaks and a
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  Speaker 1: bicycle repair station. Farmington Lakes Park features the district's largest lake,
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  Speaker 1: the 31.8 acre Douglas Lake. Farmington Lakes Park is located
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  Speaker 1: at 2031 Farmington Lakes Drive, Oswego. The park and surrounding
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  Speaker 1: area was once the site of the Hoffenrichter family farm
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  Speaker 1: and gravel mining operation. In 2023, The Oswego Land Park
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  Speaker 1: District was awarded a $ 600, 000 Open Spaceland Acquisition and Development
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  Speaker 1: Grant by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to pay
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  Speaker 1: for the project. The grant paid for the majority of
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  Speaker 1: the $ 1. 8 million project. Oswego Village President Ryan Kaufman was
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  Speaker 1: impressed by the improvements at the park. It's a beautiful project,
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  Speaker 1: he said. It's been a long time coming. The park
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  Speaker 1: district absolutely knocked it out of the park, no pun intended.
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  Speaker 1: It's gorgeous, and I encourage everyone to come check it out.
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  Speaker 1: There are a lot of things to do here. Fildado
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  Speaker 1: is also pleased with how the project turned out. There
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  Speaker 1: really has not been great access to the lake, he said.
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  Speaker 1: This is our largest body of water outside of the
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  Speaker 1: Fox River, and access has been really minimal. So being
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  Speaker 1: able to provide this for the community, you can't ask
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  Speaker 1: for anything more. It's fantastic.