Houseal Lavigne Associates is proud to announce that the Village of Prairie Grove (McHenry County) was recently awarded an Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).  The OSLAD grant will develop recreational facilities at the future 10-acre Village Hall Park Site which will be located south of the existing Village Hall.  The Village of Prairie Grove will receive a total of $229,300.00 that will be used to develop a multi-use path, outdoor shelter, backstop, multi-purpose field, playground, restroom, parking lot and landscaping at the Village Hall Park site.  The grant application was written and submitted with the assistance of HLA staff.  For a detailed press release regarding the 2009 OSLAD winners, please visit http://www.dnr.state.il.us/pubaffairs/2009/May/oslad.html