parks and progress

Pictured are officers and board members of the Clark County Park District, officials of the Farmers Home Administration and other key persons as they celebrated their recent Watershed Loan.

The Clark County Park District with headquarters in Marshall, Illinois, received a Watershed Loan from the Farmers Home Administration recently in the amount of $239,000.00.

The watershed loan funds will be used to help finance the purchase of land rights for the construction of an 860 acre lake for a combination flood control and recreation project. In addition to fishing and boating, the area around the lake will be developed for picnicking, camping, hiking and other types of outdoor recreation.

Approximately 2,700 acres of land will be included in the recreational area. This project along with other flood control projects on the Mill Creek Watershed will benefit approximately 140 farms.

To assist in financing the project, the Federal Government through the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, furnished cost sharing that

amounts to approximately $954,200. The remainder of the needed funds are provided by local contributions and the Farmers Home Administration loan.

WILMETTE PASSES BOND ISSUE

The voters in Wilmette recently approved a park district bond issue for $1,780,000 to build a sports complex and community center. The vote was 3,178 to 1,845.

The residents approved the construction of the sports complex in Centennial Park for the building which will house six indoor tennis courts and an outdoor swimming pool and a parking lot for 104 cars.

Also approved was plans for the construction of a community center, tot lots, a bicycling trail through Shorewood Park, and the purchase of a 60,000 square-foot lot across from Langdon Park on Sheridan Road.

Illinois Parks and Recreation 30 March/April, 1971