[CPEO-MEF] Nike Park, Naperville, Illinois

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Park district might by land near Nike Park

By KATE R. HOULIHAN
Naperville Sun (IL)
March 10, 2007


Land in the north part of the city that was once slated to be sold to 
developers could soon come under the ownership of the Naperville Park 
District to be used as indoor and outdoor recreation space.

At Thursday's meeting commissioners unanimously gave the go-ahead for 
the district to proceed with purchasing 20 acres of land that abuts the 
north-side Nike Park sports complex.

Nike Park is at the southeast corner of Diehl Road and Mill Street. The 
wooded 20 acres sits directly to the south of the westernmost portion of 
the park.

...

What is now Nike Park and the surrounding business park housed a Cold 
War-era missile battery from 1956 to 1963, first operated by the U.S Army.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/291061,6_1_NIKEPARK_S1.article

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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