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Naper Homestead Ribbon Cutting Taking Place Wednesday, November 2

Posted November 01, 2011 11:00 pm

City of Naperville

WHO:

City of Naperville Mayor A. George Pradel

Naperville City Council members

Illinois State Senator Kirk Dillard, 24th District (invited)

Illinois State Representative Michael Connelly, 48th District

Illinois State Representative Darlene Senger, 96th District

City Manager Doug Krieger

Naper Settlement President and CEO Peggy Frank

Naperville Heritage Society Chairman Chris Birck

WHAT:

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

An ad-hoc committee consisting of Naperville Heritage Society, 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 project. These funds were used to construct the self-guided site, obtain exhibit signage, site artifact storage and seed money for future public art.

WHEN:

3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2

WHERE:

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

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