The Plainfield Park District was chosen as one of the best park districts in the 2022 Herald-News Best of Will County Readers’ Choice Awards.
The Park District will be honored at the Best of Will County Readers’ Choice Winners Celebration scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m., November 29 at Syl’s Chophouse in Rockdale.
Founded in 1966, The Plainfield Park District is the 9th largest park district in the State of Illinois, serving over 110,000 residents in Will and Kendall Counties as well as Plainfield and Wheatland Townships. Communities served include Plainfield, Joliet, Crest Hill, Romeoville and Bolingbrook, as well as unincorporated areas.
Plainfield Park District is an Illinois Distinguished Accredited Agency for excellence in delivering parks and recreation services. It also recently received accreditation through the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) and the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). CAPRA accreditation is the only national accreditation for park and recreation agencies, and is a measure of an agency’s overall quality of operation, management and service to the community. This mark of distinction indicates that an agency has met rigorous standards related to the management and administration of lands, facilities, resources, programs, safety and services.
