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The Bloomington Parks & Recreation Department is composed of four divisions: Parks, Recreation, Golf, and the Miller Park Zoo. The department maintains over 1,100 acres (4.5 km 2) of land including 44 park sites and three golf courses. [49]
In 1955, the school's building became the Westside Community Center. In 1994, the Bloomington City Council changed the community center's name to commemorate the building's history as a segregated school and to re-commemorate Benjamin Banneker. [62] [63] The City of Bloomington's Parks and Recreation Department operates the center. [64]
The Entrance Building/Education Center was opened in 1992, the wolf exhibit in 1993, Wallaby Walkabout in 1994, the bald eagle exhibit in 1995, Animals of Asia in 1996, Zoolab in 1999, the Children's Zoo Complex in 2001, and the Tropical Rainforest Exhibit in 2004. These additions more than doubled the size of the zoo.
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Fans Field (1902-1939) (Bloomington Baseball Park) Location: 109 E Lafayette St, Bloomington, IL 61701: Coordinates: Owner: City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation: Operator: City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation: Capacity: 2875 (1921) Field size: 319-398-353 [1] Surface: Grass
The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), also known as Board of Parks and Recreation or Park Board, is used by many government bodies to describe the parts of their organizations that oversee public parks and recreational public works.
By 1920, inspectors from the University of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Education were dissatisfied with the high school facilities at St. Mary's School. [ 7 ] : 207 With the student body growing, [ 32 ] land for a separate high school building next to Holy Trinity Church at 712 North Center Street [ 33 ] was purchased from the ...