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  • Mahomet Parks receives grant for playground equipment at Barber Park

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    The Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department has received a grant to help pay for playground equipment at Barber Park. The grant will account for 50-percent of the retail price of playground equipment that will be located near the parking lot and picnic tables at the facility known for soccer fields. The reduction in playground equipment… Read more

  • Mahomet Parks and Rec receives much needed donation

    Dani Tietz

    Fisher National Bank has donated $1,500 to the Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department to offset some of the loss associated with canceled spring programming. According to a press release from Mahomet Parks and Rec, the $1500 donation will be used to help offset losses in revenue and has been earmarked to help purchase sanitation supplies,… Read more

  • Grant to help fund Phase I Barber Park Renovation

    Dani Tietz

    BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Mahomet Parks and Recreation has received a $400,000 Open Space and Land Acquisition Development (OSLAD) grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for Phase I of the Barber Park Master plan. The grant matches dollar-for-dollar up to one-half of a project’s funds. Mahomet was one of 85 local projects statewide to… Read more

  • Touch a Truck with MPRD Saturday

    Dani Tietz

    Does your child want to touch a truck? From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday (June 8), children will be able to climb into, on and around police cars, firetrucks, tractors, snowplows, and other construction vehicles during the Mahomet Parks and Recreation’s Touch a Truck event at Barber Park. This event is free and… Read more

  • Overpass to connect Champaign County Greenways and Trails Path

    Dani Tietz

    When the Lake of the Woods Road overpass is completed, it will include a bike path which will connect the existing infrastructure of the Champaign County Greenways and Trails Path. The Village of Mahomet partnered with the Champaign County Forest Preserve (CCFPD) on the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant, which funded 80 percent of the… Read more