It’s remarkable how people at DeKalb’s school and park districts have changed their tune on the future of Kiwanis Park. Just goes to show what public pressure can do.

A month ago, DeKalb Park District Executive Director Cindy Capek told me that the only way the park district would be able to buy the property would be through a referendum. No money in the budget.

DeKalb School District 428 said negotiations to trade the 41-acre park at Fourth Street and Fairview Drive to ShoDeen Construction for 33 acres of land near DeKalb High School were proceeding full-steam ahead.