1501 N Mattis Ave
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL
Open 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
About Dodds Park:
- 1969: Purchased for $298,495 via Open Space Acquisition Grant 1056D
- Acres: 104.0
- 1972: Named in honor of Park Board Commissioner D.C. “Pick” Dodds (term of service 1930-1971).
- Wintertime drone tour of Dodds Park (courtesy of the News-Gazette): Dodds Park Aerial Tour 2/10/15
Dodds Park Features:
- 4-Plex tournament quality lighted softball complex with indoor concessions and restroom facilities.
- 3-Plex tournament quality lighted softball fields.
- 11 tournament quality outdoor soccer fields of various sizes for preschool through adult play.
- Portable toilets available March 1 – April 30 and October 1 – 30.
- Eddie Albert Community Gardens
- Portable toilets available April 1 – November 1.
- 18-hole disc golf course (2 pin positions: A and B course depending on setup).
- Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes by Jeffery S. Poss
- “Prairie Grid” sculpture by Barry Henemann
- Greenbelt Bikeway Trail
- Disc Golf Course
- Free Wi-Fi (4-Plex near concessions area)
Grants:
- 1977: $58,989 IDNR LWCF grant to develop the Greenbelt Bikeway Trail which runs through Dodds, Heritage, and Kaufman Parks
- 2001: $25,000 IL First grant for the “Champaign County Workers Memorial” statue
- 2002: $90,000 IL First grant for soccer parking lot
Worker's Memorial:
- Champaign County Worker's Memorial by Local Chapter AFL-CIO made possible by a $25,000 IL First grant in 2001
- The Champaign County Workers Memorial Committee, in cooperation with the Champaign Park District has constructed a memorial to acknowledge those people who, in the course of their work, have lost their lives. Construction drawings for the project were prepared by Parkland College faculty and students in the Computer Aided Drawing classes. Labor and a portion of the materials needed to construct the memorial was donated by members of various labor unions and local material vendors. Dedicated on Labor Day 2002.
Names on Memorial (as of dedication)
Name Date - Name Date William Crawley 1996 James Gladney 1992 Lloyd Taylor 1996 William Bebbys 1950 Dick Steven 1993 Paul Short 1965 Max Overmeyer 1992 Todd Dalton 1999 William Wood 1985 Robert Compton 1950 Kenneth Reinhart 2000 Ben Hettinger 1950 Gary Sutherland 1997 Carl Bleichner 2001 Edward Hoffman 1985 Paul Nelsony 1993 Wendell Olson 1992 Rick Ogden 1977 Dean Roberts 1991 Tom Brewer 1979 Bernie Schweighart 1990 Floyd Earnest 1958 Clifford Strack 1992 Joe Geers 1978 William McCormick 1950 Eddie Bates 1997 David McCormick 1950 Warren Buswell 1964 William Boland 1950 Ronnie Tarter 2000 Frank Stout 1972 William Deats 2000 James McCabe 1984 L.J. Rowe 1975 Sterling Atkins 1976 Darrell Knapp 1966 Herman Bernard 1985 Bennie Laws 1974 Glen Black Jr. 1981 James Lybarger 1999 Clarence Casey 1979 Willie Paul Jr. 1978 David Copass 1989 Earl Pierce Charles Day 1959 Arthur Plankenhorn 1967 Joseph Douglas 1998 Adlai Schrock 1989 Gregory Embry 1975 Ellen Schulze 1989 Henry Foley 1970 Harley Slade 1983 Cindy Hanson 1987 Donald Tokarski 1992 Cherelynn Hyett 1980 Phillip Wilson 1982 Earl Irvin 1977 Wayne Naesar 1992 Kevin McGuire 1996 Bernie White 1981 Curtis Williams 1991 Dora Norman 1951 George Beason 1974 Maria Gratton 1995 Paul Applegate 1994 Joe Robertson 1996 John Gream 1994 Dwain Collins 1985 Richard Hensler 1960 Michele Davis 1993 Joseph Parker 1979 Allen Gilliand 1954 William Farthing 1972 Mary Laird 1996 Robert Butler 2000 Roy Hatfield 1973 Joseph Miller 2001 Mervin Davison 1994 Robert Heath 1994 A.C. Parris 1950 Robert Foreman 1981 Robert Tatman 1967 Tomothy Brooks 1994 Jessie Beadles 1950 Steven Warfel 1994 Rev. Jesse Hughes 1995 Charles Wolfe 1998 Joyce Unzicker 1977 Jack Giesler Jr. 1996 Walter Wilfong 1954 Robert Murden 1988 Dave Copass 1989
