I have not been posting as often as I would like to. People are still checking the page and for that I am grateful. I'll try my best to get back to posting a little more often.
I have been attending the meetings on Mondays as usual but overall things seem to be running smoothly for the city. Grants have been an issue of discussion for a little while and one is up for approval tonight, an Open Space Land Acquisition & Development (OSLAD) Grant to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
It looks to be a 50% match type of grant for the purpose of developing existing or purchasing new land for park use. Its the 50% match that worries me when the grants can be upwards to $750,000 for new purchases. I would hope the city is going to use this money to develop existing land the city already owns, but I think we're looking at buying some more land for park use. Perhaps we can find out tonight or just FOIA for a copy of the grant application or better yet the city could just let everyone know whats going on, we'll see what happens tonight.
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