Centennial Parks Receives A $400,000 State Grant

Springfield's Centennial Park will get an environmental education display area, along with walking paths, a picnic shelter and more over the next four years, thanks to a $400,000 state grant. The grant was announced Wednesday. Other projects include a picnic shelter and a fitness station, native tree plantings and wetlands. “A trail system already exist in certain sections of the park,” said Mike Stratton, executive director of the park district. “Plus, we will have connector trails so everybody can park in one location, and then bike or walk and enjoy the park.” At 190 acres, Centennial Park, near Wabash Avenue and Interstate 72, is one of the district’s larger parks. Existing features include a skate park, playground equipment and a sledding hill. “Without the grant, it would probably take a couple of years to consider this level of development,” Stratton said. “It would only be when funding was available.”
If all goes as planned, the project could go out to bid in 2010. The work will take about three years to finish.The $400,000 grant is a 50/50 matching grant. However, the park district did not have to lay out any of its own cash for the project.

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