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Naperville Park District board renames new park as Wolf's Crossing Community Park

At their April 11 meeting, the Naperville Park District board of commissioners voted to rename Southwest Community Park "Wolf's Crossing Community Park" to recognize the history of the land and growth of the Naperville community.

Naperville resident Ginny Wolf Chivas, a descendant of one of the founding families of Naperville, asked the Naperville Park District board at their Jan. 31 meeting to consider renaming Southwest Community Park "Wolf's Crossing Community Park."

The new name would reflect the history of the 33-acre park site, located at 3252 Wolf's Crossing Road, which was farmed by Chivas' great-great grandfather, Amos Wolf, in the 1840s.

Chivas began pitching her idea to the Naperville Park District at a board committee meeting on Dec. 21, explaining that in Naperville's early history there was a community spirit among the settlers as they helped each other build barns and survive crises. She sees that attitude of helpfulness continuing in Naperville today, in its neighborhood groups and service clubs.

In Chivas' view, naming the park "Wolf's Crossing Community Park" honors not only the Wolf family, but the community of families who worked together to establish Naperville.

Following Naperville Park District board policy, the board waited for 60 days before voting on the park name change at their April 11 meeting.

The land at Wolf's Crossing Community Park was farmed until 2018 under a lease agreement, and is now ready for park development to serve the new and growing residential area around the park. Construction will begin in summer 2019.

The community is invited to a groundbreaking ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, to be held at the park site at 3252 Wolf's Crossing Road.

Details will be posted at www.napervilleparks.org.

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