Homer Glen Board Approves New Playground For Goreham Park

HOMER GLEN, IL — At its Wednesday meeting, the Homer Glen Village Board approved a quote for the design and installation for Goreham Park.

The park currently has a playground and a walking path at 14431 S. Pheasant Lane.

The Board waived the formal request for proposals and approved a quote for the purchase of the playground equipment and installation with Cunningham Recreation for $200,171.54.

According to Board documents, the playground will be purchased through OMNIA Partners, a cooperative purchasing program for state and local governments saving the Village $79,036.48.

Parks Director Jennifer Vittori said the program will streamline the purchasing process and make it easier.

Board documents show the new playground will have a see-saw, swings, slides, and a variety of play items like a leaf seat, climbing structures and a frog slide puzzle.

Trustee Rose Reynders said the parks committee works hard on trying to update the parks in Homer Glen.

"Goreham Park was really probably the most park that really needed an update," Reynders said. "What we're going to be doing is every year we're going to be taking one park within the Village, and we're going to be updating it or replacing it."

Reynders added that the life of a park is usually about 15 years.

Trustee Curtis Mason said the item could've been put on the consent agenda, but "we pulled it from the consent agenda to put it out here for visibility" and so the public could comment.