Second Round of Improvements Coming to Lippold Park

Phase Two improvements include construction of a shelter-styled “tree house” structure built amid an amphitheater setting with interpretive displays and observation areas.

Editor's note: The following is a press release from Fox Valley Park District. Further development of Lippold Park will continue this spring, following approval by the Fox Valley Park District Board of Trustees on Monday of an $814,500 bid to R.C. Wegman Construction Company of Aurora. Lippold Park — a 30-acre natural area tucked between the Fox River and Route 25, just north of Red Oak Nature Center — is being developed in phases as an outdoor educational venue. Phase Two improvements include construction of a shelter-styled “tree house” structure built amid an amphitheater setting with interpretive displays and observation areas. An accessible skywalk will run around a portion of the perimeter. A centralized fire pit and rock-ledge …

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Fox Valley Park District Happenings

The Buzz is Back: Free Bug Fest Returns on Aug. 27

Weekly musings from Jeff Long, communications director with the Fox Valley Park District.

You’d think that any mention of bugs would send people scurrying for insect repellent and citronella rings. But that’s not exactly the case here. Last year, the Fox Valley Park District unveiled a new event, and visitors turned out in swarms. More than 1,000 people attended Bug Fest, which was held at Red Oak Nature Center, Lippold Park and the half-mile of Fox River Trail that connects to the two facilities. Apparently, we are every bit as attracted to bugs as they are to us. We’ll all reconvene on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is completely free, with no registration required. “Bugs are weird, wild, fascinating…and often misunderstood,” said Margaret Gazdacka, facility manager at the Red Oak Nature Center, whose 40 …

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