Peoria Park Board

The Peoria Park District is making progress on filling the prior home of a Christopher Colombus statue in Upper Laura Bradley Park with something new.

The Peoria Park District Board of Trustees voted to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus from Upper Laura Bradley Park in 2020.

The Peoria Park District Board of Trustees denied two different requests to put statues on park district property at its meeting Wednesday night.

The Peoria Park District is facing a very busy summer just around the corner, with updates to parks made possible by a diverse set of funding sources, major community events and the future of park district water features.

Connor-James plans to resubmit her proposal to construct a performing arts venue in Donovan Park in January.

Local tree carver T.C. Gill will carve the stump in the spring or early summer 2022.

The Peoria Park District board of trustees poured cold water on any chance of the arts pavilion project coming to fruition in Donovan Park's open green space.

The nonprofit behind the Donovan Park pavilion project will resubmit plans in January.

A proposed 1,500-seat performing arts pavilion at Donovan Park prompted objections from most of the residents attending a Peoria Park District discussion session on Tuesday.

Peoria City Councilmember Denise Jackson thinks if you don't live in the 1st District she represents, you probably aren't getting there very often.She wants to change that by highlighting both the good things and the unmet needs of her district through a series of bus tours.