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Parks millage partners report progress on Big Green Easy plan; master plan, asset tracking underway
Summary
City Park, Audubon and Parks partners told the council the parks millage redistribution approved by voters is funding capital repairs, resiliency work and programming while partners continue planning and implementation steps under the "Big Green Easy" framework.
Officials from City Park, Audubon Nature Institute, NORD and Parks and Parkways presented a joint update on the parks millage and the Big Green Easy implementation, describing how redistributed millage revenue has been used for capital, maintenance and programming. "In fiscal year 2025, the village allocation was approximately $2,800,000," a City Park representative said, noting that money supported sanitation, horticulture, lagoon management and facility repairs across the park's roughly 1,300 acres.
A representative for Audubon said the commission received just under $8,750,000 from the city through September and that those funds have helped maintain operations, facilities and security while supporting debt service for recently…
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