Rename the Belvidere Retention Pond #2
Hello !
My name is Katie Vitek and I am the middle child of Elmer and Mary K Vitek. My parents bought the first house in the Farmington Fields subdivison and were the first to move in. My parents were dedicated environmentalists and had a respect for nature and wildlife that they passed on to 3 generations. My father planted most of the trees surrounding the pond. Dad stocked the pond and the pond across the street for over a decade. Mom helped plant flowers and clean up the trash. My parents developed the Belvidere Retention Pond #2, to what it is today; a thriving environment. The pond is enjoyed by our commmunity and beyond on a daily basis. The Belvidere Park District turned down my request to rename the Belvidere Retention Pond to the Elmer and Mary K Vitek Memorial Pond. The other pond was named in honor of a teen that died because he loved to fish. He was able to fish there because my parents made it possible.
Article here : https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2013/03/27/belvidere-honors-teen-johnny-leopold/42706702007/
I take it as a complete slap in the face that the ones who nurtured the Belvidere Retention Pond #2 , and the Johnny Leopold Memorial Pond by extension, to what it is today and enjoyed by hundreds of community members, refuse to honor them in the same way - a bench was approved , but not a name change. This petition is to show the City of Belvidere and the BPD that the community and the citizens of Belvidere agree to the name change.
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Katie Vitek
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