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Restrictive Covenant With Ishbia Approved By Winnetka Park District - Winnetka-Glencoe, IL - Commissioners voted 4-3 to accept the terms of restrictive donation agreement with the billionaire's foundation in exchange for $3 million.

An anonymous donor has come forward to offer the Winnetka Park District $3 million to shore up funding for the Elder Lane and Centennial beach project, but questions remain how this new donation could impact a similar one made by billionaire Justin Ishbia. The donation and a letter regarding it were presented to the Winnetka Park District Board during a Dec. 14 meeting by the anonymous donor’s ...

A billionaire’s donation offer still has Winnetka Park District officials wary as commissioners weigh the merits and drawbacks of the proposed agreement. A proposed agreement for a $3 million donation from billionaire resident Justin Ishbia to the Winnetka Park District ruffled feathers at the Nov. 30 Park District Board meeting. Several members of the board, along with public commenters, ...

The Winnetka Park District is soldiering on with plans to rebuild Elder Lane and Centennial beaches after a lawsuit by resident Rob Schriesheim was dismissed by a Cook County judge. The lawsuit, which alleged the proposed land swap between the Park District and billionaire future resident Justin Ishbia is in violation of the public trust doctrine, was dismissed by Cook County Circuit Judge Eve ...

A proposed $3 million donation by billionaire Justin Ishbia to the Winnetka Park District for its proposed rebuild of Elder Lane and Centennial beaches has some commissioners wondering if the goodwill measure comes with one major string attached: naming rights to the proposed Centennial Dog Beach. Commissioner Warren James informed the board during its Sept. 21 meeting that Ishbia had called ...

Nearly three years after an unexecuted land swap deal was signed between billionaire Justin Ishbia and the Winnetka Park District, a representative for Ishbia announced a $3 million donation will be made to help fund the rebuild of Elder Lane and Centennial beaches. The funding would be added to the $10.5 million the Park District has earmarked for phase one of the newly updated plans for ...

The Winnetka Park District Board voted unanimously on Aug. 17 to increase security measures and add signage at the entrances to Elder Lane Beach to ensure people aren’t entering the closed beach. Elder Lane Beach has been closed for nearly four years due to unsafe conditions including exposed wire mesh used to retain the bluffs and prevent erosion. Superintendent of Parks Costa Kutulas told ...

The Winnetka Village Council voted 5-1 on July 18 to approve a nine-month hold on new lakefront construction. The move was taken in response to concerns about construction at Justin Ishbia’s lakefront property and the impact bluff destruction could have on neighboring properties. Since Ishbia purchased four homes along Sheridan Road in Winnetka, three of which have been demolished and ...

10 soil samples will be taken across the beaches at a cost of $46,300, an expense the board factored into the soft costs of the project.

Winnetka Park District Director of Parks and Maintenance Costa Kutulas informed the Park Board at its June 7 meeting of plans to take 10 soil boring samples across both Elder and Centennial beaches in order to gather information for the planned rebuild of the area. The samples, according to Kutulas, are part of the process and are needed to move forward with the project. The sampling will go ...