FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY FKA FOREST PARK PRESERVATION CORPORATION
EIN 45-3461963 · Human Service Organizations (P20)
What they do
THE MISSION of THE FOREST PARK PRESERVATION CORPORATION ("THE ORGANIZATION")IS to WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY of LAKE FOREST and THE ENTIRE LAKE FOREST COMMUNITY to PRESERVE FOREST PARK for THE FUTURE USE and ENJOYMENT of ALL RESIDENTS. AS PART of THAT PROCESS, THE ORGANIZATION is COMMITTED to FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED STANDARDS of EXCELLENCE IN THE AREAS of CONSERVATION, HORTICULTURAL DESIGN, ENGINEERING, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, and CULTURAL LEGACY to PROTECT and STRENGTHEN THIS UNIQUE and SIGNFICANT LANDSCAPE. IN 2018, THE ORGANIZATION CHANGED ITS NAME FROM THE FOREST PARK PROJECT CORPORATION and CHANGED ITS MISSION FROM THE CONSTRUCTION and FORMATION of A STRATEGIC PLAN for FOREST PARK to ONE of PRESERVATION and MAINTENANCE.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2012
- Location
- PO BOX 868, LAKE FOREST, IL 60045-0868
- County
- Lake
- In care of
- % PETER CHERRY