Naper Homestead Historic Interpretive Site Groundbreaking Taking Place Wednesday, July 6

WHO:

City of Naperville Mayor A. George Pradel

Naperville City Council members

Illinois State Senator Kirk Dillard, 24th District

Illinois State Representative Michael Connelly, 48th District

Illinois State Representative Darlene Senger, 96th District

City Manager Doug Krieger

Ad-hoc Naper Homestead Committee Chair Dave Kelsch

Hitchcock Design Group Senior Associate Craig Farnsworth

Copenhaver Construction President Ken Copenhaver

WHAT:

Members of the public are invited to join local and state officials to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Joseph and Almeda Naper Homestead historic interpretive site.

An ad-hoc committee consisting of Naperville Heritage Society and City staff and volunteers recommended this property be transformed into a self-guided historic interpretive site commemorating Naperville's founding family, Captain Joseph and Almeda Naper. In October 2010, the State of Illinois announced that the Naperville Heritage Society/Naper Settlement received a $350,000 grant through the Public Museum Capital Grant Program for the Naper Homestead project. These funds will be used to construct the self-guided historic interpretive site, obtain exhibit signage and site artifact storage and seed money for future public art.

The groundbreaking will feature historic artifacts and archeological shards from two on-site archeological digs managed by the Naperville Heritage Society in 2006 and 2007.

WHEN:

3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6

WHERE:

338 W. Jefferson Ave., located at the southeast corner of Jefferson Avenue and Mill Street. Parking for the groundbreaking will be available throughout downtown Naperville.