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Naperville's park district has CAPRA accreditation from the National Recreation and Park Association, [2] which is conferred to only 1% of park districts in the country. [3] The park district won the National Gold Medal, awarded by the National Recreation and Park Association, in 1972. [3] It was a finalist for the medal in 2002.
It was located approximately 25 miles northeast of the Wisconsin Dells. The camp offered over 500 acres of natural settings: oak forests, prairies, swamp, streams, abundant wildlife and a lake entirely on the property. The camp was purchased by the former DuPage Area Council in 1970. Camp Freeland Leslie was first used as a summer camp in 1972.
Naperville (/ ˈ n eɪ p ər ˌ v ɪ l / NAY-pər-vil) is a city in DuPage and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois.It is a southwestern suburb of Chicago located 28 miles (45 km) west of the city on the DuPage River.
DuPage County (/ d uː ˈ p eɪ dʒ / doo-PAYJ) is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area.As of the 2020 census, the population was 932,877, making it Illinois' second-most populous county.
The Old DuPage County Courthouse (2022) In 1857, the Illinois state legislature authorized an election to be held to decide the question of whether the DuPage county seat should remain in Naperville or be moved to the more centrally located Wheaton, which was on the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad. Naperville won the election by a vote of ...
The following is a list of Illinois High School Association member conferences. Schools that belong to these conferences compete with each other on a local level in athletics and non-athletic activities. As of the 2023-24 school year, there are 70 conferences within the IHSA.
Mount Emblem Cemetery is located at the intersection of Grand Avenue and County Line Road in Elmhurst, Illinois.. Mount Emblem is perhaps best known as the home of the Fischer Windmill, popularly known as "The Old Dutch Mill", a typical Dutch windmill that towers above the trees and can be clearly seen from southbound I-294.
The Coalition of Northeastern Governors (CONEG) is a non-partisan organization of seven governors of the Northeastern United States.The organization was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.