Homewood-Flossmoor Park District administrators were excited to learn that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources had awarded the park district a $600,000 Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) matching grant for improvements at Irwin Park.
Park staff had been discussing the need for updates since 2023. It hired Upland Design Ltd., a firm that designs outdoor spaces, to give suggestions on how best to update the playground area near the west edge of the…
