NEWS FROM O’FALLON CITY HALL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Family Sports Park
Grand Opening Celebration
O’Fallon, Illinois – June 28, 2007 – The City of O’Fallon will hold a grand opening celebration on Monday, July 16, 2007 from 4-7 p.m. for the new Family Sports Park, located at 301 Obernuefemann Road. Along with the festivities, a pavilion will be dedicated at 5 p.m. in memory of Alderman Becky Henry. The O’Fallon community is encouraged to come out and experience the new park.
The $9 million Phase I development of the park includes four multi-purpose baseball/softball fields, pavilions, a playground, walking trail, and a road going through the property. Also included in Phase I was the grading and seeding of the majority of the 200 acres. The new ball fields will be ready for play this fall.
"The Family Sports Park is a critical part of our growing park system and it will benefit generations of O’Fallon residents in the future as well as bring enormous immediate impact to our community”, said Mayor Gary L. Graham.
The final three phases of park construction will occur over a 10-20 year period and include our “dream list” of amenities. These amenities include eight baseball and softball diamonds; ten multi-purpose fields; a five-acre lake; many court sports; a three mile multi-purpose trail system; an outdoor amphitheater; numerous pavilions and playgrounds; a rec-plex including indoor and outdoor swimming pools; gyms; a banquet room; preschool and programming classrooms; a fine arts center; a theatre; a cardio and fitness area; an indoor track; and an instructional kitchen.
No property tax dollars were used to fund this new park. Funding sources include a $750,000 federal grant and a $100,000 park district grant for land purchase, a $400,000 state grant for development, an $8 million bond issue, and portions of the gas and electric utility tax, telephone tax, and hotel/motel tax. In addition, a $450,000 state grant and a $100,000 park district grant will build a portion of the walking/biking trail.
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Additional Information Contact:
Pamala L. Funk
Asst. City Administrator
624-4500, extension 9-1112
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