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Article posted: 2/20/2012 5:30 AM

Arlington Heights parks seek $48 million

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If a $48 million bond issue is approved March 20, the Arlington Heights Park District would turn this Works Progress Administration building at Recreation Park back into a bathhouse and build a new community center.

Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

The back side of the community center at Recreation Park in Arlington Heights, which was built in 1937. If a $48 million bond issue is approved March 20, the Arlington Heights Park District would turn this Works Progress Administration building at Recreation Park back into a bathhouse and build a new community center.

Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

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As the Arlington Heights Park District gears up for a series of public meetings on its plan to borrow $48 million to renovate four of its five major parks, two local groups are criticizing the plan. The proposed changes are ones residents supported in studies and community meetings, said Stephen C. Scholten, park district executive director.

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