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Local recreators provide SCORP input
Board members and administrators of various Illinois park, recreation, forest preserve and conservation agencies participated in a special "think session" in August to provide input for the 1988 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Planning (SCORP) program.
The Illinois Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD) served as co-hosts for the Springfield meeting to gain direct input from local recreational agencies on a statewide basis.
"Local recreational opportunities are perhaps the greatest source of leisure opportunities to all people," explained Dr. Edward Hoffman, supervisor of the DOC's Division of Planning.
"We will utilize the input from these local providers in conjunction with comments from the general public to determine major concerns about outdoor recreation statewide," he said.
"The ideas will also help to determine the type of action that local park and recreation agencies can take to address their concerns."
Jerry Handlon, director of the Schaumburg Park District; Robert Toalson, general manager of the Champaign Park District, and George Whitehead, director of the Carbondale Park District, served as facilitators for the SCORP meeting.
Facilitators George Whitehead (left), director of the CarbondalePark District; Robert Toalson, general manager of the Champaign Park District, and Jerry Handlon, director of the Schaumburg Park District, meet with Maria Gursh, SCORP program manager, at the start of the Springfield "think tank." (Staff photo)
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Participants were David Carlson, superintendent of planning, Peoria Park District; John Curran, director, Alsip Park District; Bob Conway, superintendent of planning, Waukegan Park District; Steve Halberg, director of planning and development, DuPage County Forest Preserve District, and Robin Hall, director, Urbana Park District.
Charles Hoscheit, executive director, Fox Valley Park District; John Joyce, director. Park Forest Recreation and Parks Department; Ken Kutska, superintendent of parks and planning, Wheaton Park District; Gary Little, assistant director of parks, Decatur Park District; Alex Marx, director, Mundelein Park and Recreation District, and Steve Persinger, director, Geneva Park District.
Mike Reed, director, Quincy Park District; Preston Schellbach, executive director, Macon County Conservation District; Tom Shuster, director, Waukegan Park District, and Chuck Szoke, director, Channahon Park District.
The IAPD was represented by Dr. Ted Flickinger, executive director, and Peter M. Murphy, legal/legislative counsel.
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