Kendall County Forest Preserve District trying to reduce Pickerill-Pigott Estate House renovation cost through donations
The Kendall County Forest Maintain District is trying to perform out how to reduce the expense of renovating the estate residence at the Pickerill-Pigott Forest Preserve in Yorkville.
District President Judy Gilmour claims she’s performing on receiving some contractors to volunteer to consider care of the some renovations to cut down the overall expense.
The forest protect district had a conference on Wednesday at the estate house with a group of contractors to discuss the operate. Even though no commitments had been made then, Gilmour thinks folks are interested in supporting.
The bids for the challenge, which arrived again in March, had been previously mentioned the district’s believed $1.1 million spending budget by about $700,000.
Gilmour states the concept is to renovate the residence to be applied as an occasion venue that could be rented by the public. The district obtained a state grant worth around $800,000 for the renovation.
Section of the house, and the estate property, were being donated to the district by Ken Pickerill, a nicely recognised Oswego Significant University coach.
The rest of the grounds, which incorporate ponds, trails, and a pavilion, opened to the general public very last June.
Gilmour hopes to have the renovation of the estate household completed by August following yr.
