After a years-long series of municipal meetings, public hearings, and neighborhood meetings, a series of proposed changes for Benet Academy’s athletic facilities is moving forward. The plans in motion have been modified since the initial 2023 proposal to modernize the school’s Baumgartner-Gilbert Stadium complex was presented.
The Lisle Village Board on Monday, April 6, unanimously approved a project proposal encapsulated in an ordinance that approved a major change to Benet’s planned unit development plan with the municipality.
Synthetic turf fields, stadium lighting among changes
The Lisle Village Board first reviewed Benet’s proposed changes at a meeting in January. At the time, Mayor Mary Jo Mullen called for Benet representatives and nearby residents — namely those in the adjacent Oak Hill South subdivision — to come together and work toward a compromise.
The adopted ordinance lays the groundwork for Benet’s forthcoming redevelopment plans over the course of two phases…