The Pleasant Dale Park District put more than $456,000 in playground contracts before its board on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
The board's meeting agenda listed a $340,552 contract with GLI Services for renovations at Lake Carriage Way Park and a $116,214 purchase of playground equipment from Imagine Nation, LLC. Both were scheduled for board action at the 6 p.m. meeting at Walker Park Recreation Center, 7425 S. Wolf Road in Burr Ridge. Meeting results were not yet available as of publication.
The park sits at the corner of Carriage Way Drive and Old Mill Lane in the Carriage Way Subdivision, according to the district's website. It currently features a tot lot, playground, fishing and a gazebo.
A project two years in the making
The renovation has been in the works since March 2025, when the board hired Wight & Co. for master planning and grant-writing services. The primary goal was replacing the playground and adding improvements throughout the park.
The district held three community input meetings in the summer of 2025 and conducted a survey to gather resident feedback on design elements. The grant fell through. In February 2026, the district learned it would not receive an OSLAD grant. A fourth community meeting followed in April 2026, where residents reviewed final design concepts and equipment choices.
In October, the board considered a separate $37,300 agreement with Wight & Co. for conceptual design services, according to the Oct. 14 meeting agenda. As of September, Wight & Co. had been finalizing construction documents and working with the Village of Burr Ridge on permitting, the district's website states. The tentative timeline calls for construction to begin in spring 2027.
