In 2014, the Park District’s administrative functions, including program registration, membership sales, scholarship applications, and other services, moved to the new Leonhard Recreation Center.
Bresnan is home to many staff offices. It also hosts the Champaign Park District’s Board of Commissioners’ meetings on the second Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. and the Board’s study sessions on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 5:30 pm. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. Please visit our Board Information page for details.
Holiday Closures
Bresnan Meeting Center closes in observance of the following holidays:
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Easter
Memorial Day
Juneteenth
Independence Day (observed holiday)
Independence Day (July 4)
Labor Day
Veteran’s Day
Thanksgiving
Black Friday
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
History
Dedicated May 2, 1968.
Total construction cost of $177,656.
Originally called “The Meeting Center.”
May 9, 1984: Renamed the Bresnan Meeting Center in honor of Park Commissioner Donald F. Bresnan (term of service 1963-1999)
Grants: In 2009 the Park District was awarded a $11.055 Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) grant to improve energy efficiency at Bresnan and the adjacent Operations Department building.
