Will County Board members on a courthouse committee have ideas for they would like to see on the former courthouse site, which contains about a dozen plaques and monuments, many dedicated to Will C…
The new Will County Judicial Center towers over the footprint of the former courthouse in downtown Joliet, which was demolished this spring. The County Board voted May 16, 2024, to turn the property into a public park. With demolition work expected to wrap up this summer on the former Will County Courthouse in Joliet, the Will County Board voted Thursday to designate the site as a park.
“We either do some landscaping and we control what grows there, or Mother Nature finds a way,” said board member Julie Berkowicz, a Republican from Naperville. “We have a choice here. We can make it a friendly environment or we can pave it over and all the problems go away.”Statues and monuments remain around the footprint of the former Will County Courthouse in downtown Joliet.
Board Chair Judy Ogalla, a Republican from Monee, said the board could fund upgrades as possible once the demolition process ends in July, or funds could be allocated into next year’s budget. Board members were also concerned if the park space would be permanent, or if it could change if the County Board decided to build a office building there.
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