Fehr Graham, a leading engineering and environmental firm, has secured $200,000 each for two park districts to enhance recreational trails through the federal Recreational Trails Program administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The state awarded the Freeport Park District $200,000 to improve the Jane Addams Trail, which w...
Fehr Graham helped the Freeport Park District secure a $200,000 grant to create an expansive bike path at Krape Park. This is one of 13 community projects getting money from a pool of $2,161,000 in Illinois Bicycle Path Grant Program funding to help communities develop and improve 13 local bike paths across Illinois. Bicycle path projects are excel...
Construction started this week on Phase I of the Davis Park project. The project is reimagining Rockford's downtown. We are partnering with SmithGroup on the project, which includes a multiuse trail, restrooms, a sunning beach, rain garden filter, skate park, splash pad, play areas, wetlands and more. Fehr Graham helped secure a $500,000 funding gr...
The City of Dixon's held a groundbreaking April 27 to mark the start of Phase III of its Riverfront Development Master Plan Viaduct Point pathway expansion project. The event was held at the former Dixon Iron and Metal site, after several years of environmental cleanup along the Rock Riverfront. Fehr Graham helped secure grant funding for the proje...
Fehr Graham helped the City of Rockford secure $500,000 in funding from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Tourism Attractions and Festivals Grant Program. This grant is part of a $22.5 million investment into almost 90 local tourism festivals and attractions across Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker announced the awards th...
Fehr Graham helped three clients secure funding through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP). Decatur Park District, Oregon Park District and the City of Dixon will receive grants to expand recreational paths and enhance the quality of life in each respective community. Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportatio...
Fehr Graham and the Decatur Park District invited residents and stakeholders to a public meeting March 23 to discuss and provide input on new amenities at Garfield Park. Fehr Graham Landscape Architect Mark Decker will take the feedback and incorporate it into his designs for Garfield Park. This was the first of many meetings about Garfield Park, w...
Millennium Fountain on Water Street in Rockford, Illinois, wasn't designed to be a play space. Soon, it will be transformed into one. Fehr Graham helped reimagine the fountain with designs that will make it safer and take it from a decorative feature to an interactive, inviting community gem. Read more about the project, courtesy of the Rock River ...
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced nearly $60 million in state grants awarded to 118 park projects throughout Illinois. Funding will help communities acquire land and develop park amenities. Fehr Graham helped Fox Valley Park District in Aurora and Community Park in Davis Junction secure $600,000 each ...
Black Hawk Park District in Warren and the Village of Davis Junction got boosts when Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced their projects were among 87 in Illinois to receive a portion of $30.3 million in grants. Fehr Graham Senior Community Development Specialist Bridgette Stocks helped secure $100,000 each for Black Hawk Park District and Davis Junction t...
The Illinois chapter of the American Public Works Association recently recognized the state's top projects, including one that Fehr Graham engineers helped design. The Kickapoo Rail Trail recreational project in Vermilion County took the honor of the top transportation project in the less than $5 million category. The Kickapoo Rail Trail project re...
Dixon's riverfront redevelopment project got a huge boost this week when the City received a $12 million federal grant to build a pedestrian bridge across the Rock River. Project ROCK (Revitalizing Opportunities for the Community and Kids!) is the last phase of the Riverfront Master Plan, which the City created 20 years ago. The federal grant is th...
Plans are progressing on time and on budget for Tecumseh Park in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. On July 16, Fehr Graham released the final draft of the Master Plan for a proposed park project at the former Tecumseh property adjacent to Rochester Park. Sheboygan Falls Mayor Randy Meyer is happy the plans are on track. “By having a plan draft now we are...
In late spring, 19 acres on the west side of West Branch, Iowa, will begin its transformation from green space to a multiuse park designed by Fehr Graham engineers and landscape architects. Cubby Park will be home to two Little League baseball fields, one softball diamond, one pickleball court, one playground and walking trails. Infrastructure to s...
