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Plainfield Athletic Club Gives Support

The Plainfield Athletic Club recently voted to donate $5,000 toward the Citizens For Parks campaign in support of the Plainfield Park District tax increase referendum!  Thank you for your kind and generous donation.
You may not know this, but money that is spent in support of the Citizens For Parks campaign can not come from the […]

Dinner for Four - or a Lifetime of Recreation?

Parks have always been and will continue to be a part of a child’s life. The park district referendum is asking for a nickel increase per $100.00 of the equalized assessed value of your property (roughly $50 for $250,000 home). Who would have thought that a nickel could actually make a difference with […]

Our parks are worth more

The Plainfield Park District can only afford to spend an average of $414 per acre maintaining its grounds while other area park districts spend more than $1,000 per acre, and some more than $3,000 per acre, to maintain their park sites.
Think about this the next time you complain about the soccer/baseball fields or playgrounds not […]

We see a bright future for Plainfield

With a district that serves over 80,000 people, the recreational opportunities here in Plainfield are not fitting with the planning goals of the village. The village has made it a goal to put Plainfield on the map as a one-of-a-kind community, able to handle the needs and wants of its residents well into the future.
The […]