District Update Dear Citizens,
Tis is my last letter as the Executive Director to the citizens of the Belvidere Park District. In June of 2017 I will be retiring from the
Executive Director's position aſter 31 years on the job. It really doesn’t seem like it has been that long since I moved to Belvidere with my wife Joanne and our three little children.
During the past 31 years I have had the
pleasure of meeting, working with and getting to know so many wonderful and dedicated people that
it has made the time pass too quickly. It has been an honor to work with employees, committee members, businesses, citizens and Park Board Commissioners all with the same
goal of making Belvidere a better community with outstanding park and recreational opportunities for all citizens.
Te district has grown from three sites with 105 acres to thirteen sites with 372 acres while expanding the recreational programs to include all people not just a few athletic and social programs for the youth. Te future looks bright as Belvidere is showing some real signs of recovery from the great recession. Te district has finished the Doty Park improvements, Northlands Association for Special Recreation Building, Maintenance Facility and the Baltic Mill Race Dredging in the last
three years. Te district is looking forward to opening the Glenn Green Open Space Prairie, expansion of Doty Park with a path from
Locust Street to the park and more parking, and a new 12 acre acquisition in Belvidere Township.
As I say good bye to the position I’ve held for 31 years, I wish to thank everyone for giving
me the opportunity to have a career that I have truly enjoyed, and the feeling that our work has made a difference in the lives of the citizens of Belvidere. Tank you all and get out and enjoy your parks.
Dan Roddewig, Executive Director
4 Belvidere Park District -Summer 2017 815-547-5711
NEW!! Reforestation Program
During the past three years the Belvidere Township Park District has lost a significantly large number of trees to the Emerald Ash Borer; storms; and hot dry weather. In an
effort to keep the parks green, the Belvidere Park District started a memorial tree program in 1999 which has been
very successful by adding over 100 trees to the parks. The district has allocated funds each year to planting new trees; unfortunately, during the past two years we have had to use those funds to remove dead and dangerous trees from the parks instead of planting new ones.
The Belvidere Township Park District is launching a new reforestation program to plant trees in our parks. The district will now be accepting donations of any amount to assist with our tree program. If you would like to contribute financially to planting new trees in Belvidere Parks but do not want to, or can not afford to purchase a memorial tree, then you can give a donation of your liking such as $5.00, $20.00 or $100.00. Your donation will be placed into a tree fund along with other donations and will be used to buy as many trees as possible for planting in parks most in need of new trees. The donors will be
recognized in the Winter/Spring Go Guide and thanked for their donations.
To contribute to this fund stop by the Belvidere Township Park District Administration Office at 1006 West Lincoln Avenue or the Rivers Edge Recreation Center, 1151 West Locust Street, to fill out a tree donation form. You can also print the tree donation form from our website
www.belviderepark.org and mail it along with your donation to the Belvidere Township Park District, 1006 West Lincoln Avenue, Belvidere, Illinois 61008.
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