Riverwalk garden to honor leader who helped path grow

by | May 1, 2017 | Be Organic |

Author: Marie Wilson / Source: Daily Herald

Chuck Papanos, park operations manager in charge of the Riverwalk for the Naperville Park District, oversees landscape installation Thursday to create a new memorial along the Naperville Riverwalk to Cliff Preston, who helped design, build and maintain the popular path for years until his death in June 2016.
A plaza south of the DuPage River near Paddleboat Quarry and the Naperville municipal center is getting fresh flowers and plants as landscapers Thursday work to turn it into the Cliff Preston Memorial. Preston, who died in June 2016 at age 90, was a carpenter and business owner who helped design, build and maintain the Riverwalk since its creation in 1981.
Cliff Preston served on the Riverwalk Commission for 17 years beginning in 1987, many of them as chairman
Cliff Preston served on the Riverwalk Commission for 17 years beginning in 1987, many of them as chairman Daily Herald file photo, 2002

A spot along the Naperville Riverwalk where a garden was blocking a scenic view instead of adding to it is being reborn this spring in honor of a longtime Riverwalk advocate.

Cliff Preston, who died last June at age 90, will be honored with a fresh garden along the popular path on the west side of Eagle Street near the Paddleboat Quarry.

“We knew he would be pleased that…

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