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Raging Waves waterpark, the self-proclaimed largest waterpark in Illinois, [21] is in Yorkville. It opened in 2008 and owns about 45 acres (18 ha) of property. [22] The Marge Cline Whitewater Park (on the Fox River) opened in 2010. [23] [24] It is the only whitewater park of its kind in Illinois, similar to East Race in South Bend
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce is a business advocacy group representing the interests of businesses across the U.S. state of Illinois. It is not a government agency, but a non-profit membership business advocacy organization. The Chamber is staffed with policy experts, lobbyists, and business advocates.
David DePoe (born 1944) is a community activist and retired teacher. He is best known for his activities in the late 1960s as an unofficial leader of the Yorkville hippies, founder of the Diggers movement in Yorkville and for staging protests and a sit-in at the Toronto city council chambers in 1967 in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to make Yorkville a pedestrian-only street.
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Yorkville have ranged from a low of 10 °F (−12 °C) in January to a high of 84 °F (29 °C) in July, although a record low of −26 °F (−32 °C) was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 111 °F (44 °C) was recorded in July 1936.
Carl Schurz Park is a park on the far east side of Yorkville, adjacent to the East River. Gracie Mansion is the official home of the mayor of New York City. The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce was founded in Yorkville c. 1920, founded by 11 local businessmen. [53] The Municipal Asphalt Plant was constructed in 1941. [54]
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Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 1,350 acres (550 ha) in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The park was established in the late 1960s and is named for the natural spring within its boundaries. The park has two artificial lakes and the Fox River flows through the northern end of the park. Silver ...
The original building was a prominent example of Italianate architecture which the 1887 rebuild was designed to replicate. [3] [4] The original design was drafted by architect O.S. Kinnie, he died in 1869 and is credited with designing dozens of courthouses and public buildings in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana.