Illinois

At the Betsy Ross Elementary School, in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood, officials had assembled all but a single lot for a new park, when they called on TPL for help with the complex final transaction.

In 2005, when Cicero's Clyde Park District learned that the home next to North Clyde Park was for sale, they partnered with TPL to move quickly and secure the property, giving the town time to obtain a grant to purchase the lot, expand the park, and create more green space in a densely populated neighborhood.

In 2005, park activists in the park-poor Logan Square neighborhood sought to expand one-acre Haas Park.

In 2007, The Trust for Public Land purchased 90 acres in Roscoe Township, part of a natural prairie and upland savanna that will serve to protect the high-quality Kinnikinnick Creek that bisects the property.

Nearly 40 years after Chinatown's only public park was demolished to make way for the Dan Ryan Expressway, the South Side neighborhood celebrated the dedication of Ping Tom Memorial Park, a new five-acre jewel on the Chicago River.

At the request of the city of Chicago, TPL optioned a former rail yard to expand tiny Senka Park in this predominantly blue-collar neighborhood on southwest Chicago and transferred it to the park service over three years.