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T HE ENTERPRISE Your Complete Source For Plainfield News Since 1887
thursday, November 7, 2013
volume 126 No. 14
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Park named in honor of Gregory Bott Under Bott’s direction, the park district grew to more than 40 employees By Suzanne Baker Enterprise reporter
BY SUZANNE BAKER | ENTERPRISE REPORTER he fence going up north of 135th Street in the Norman Greenway west of Route 30 is for Plainfield Park District’s newest dog park. The park will be similar to the dog park at Clow Stephens Park on Lily Cache Road between Route 30 and Caton Farm Road. SEE DoGs • PAGE 3
PHOTOS BY SUZANNE BAKER/ ENTERPRISE STAFF
Princess Leia checks out the progress at Plainfield Park District’s newest dog park along 135th Street in the Norman Greenway. the 10-month-old Dogue de Bordeaux puppy joined owner Garrett Peck on a visit to the park oct. 30.
A bright, sunny morning greeted some 30 people who celebrated the dedication of Gregory B. Bott Park on Saturday. The choice of park seems fitting for a man who experienced the ebb and flow of serving the Plainfield Park District for 32 years, the last 28 as executive director. Bott, who retired in late spring, started his career in Plainfield on March 27, 1981, as a park maintenance employee and worked his way to superintendent in 1982. He was named executive director in 1985. Under Bott’s direction, the park district grew from a staff of five fulltime employees to a park district that now employs 40 full-time staffers and an additional 250 season employees. Park Commissioner Mary Kay Ludemann thanked Bott for his service. “We went from a tiny, little park district to one with more than 100,000 residents,” she said. “I can’t thank you enough.” Former park commissioner and park
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