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Positive Feedback Gives Miller Park Zoo Green Light For Master Plan

The Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington recently held a community engagement meeting to find out what the community wanted to see in the future.

Around 75 people turned out from all over the area to give their input into what the zoo has planned in the future. Superintendent of the Miller Park Zoo Jay Tetzloff says they received a lot of good feedback for where the zoo would like to go and was extremely pleased with the number of people that turned up.

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One of the goals for the zoo is to cluster the  animals based on their geographical location and Tetzloff says that was one area the community felt would be a positive. He says one area of need they have had for some time is the need for a concession stand. And the community responded positively to the animals the zoo is targeting to bring in.

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Because the meeting went so well and the community responded so positively to the plans, Tetzloff says the plan does not need major changes to it, so he says the next step will be to fine tune a few areas and start working on getting it finalized.

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Most of those in attendance were from the Bloomington/Normal area, however, according to Tetzloff, people came from LeRoy and Rantoul and as far as Champaign to be a part of it.

Tetzloff's hope for once the master plan has been completed will be for the zoo to be a draw for more than just central Illinois and Bloomington/Normal specifically. He adds the his hope is the attraction the zoo will bring would bring business to the Bloomington/Normal area as well.

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