Litchfield Park District Plans June 6 Walton Park Event; Dugouts Complete

Article Summary: The Litchfield Park District will hold its Celebrate Walton Park event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 6, with games, a food truck, a DJ, a kickball tournament and a welcome from Litchfield Mayor Jake Fleming. Separately, the park’s dugout renovation project is finished.

Walton Park Key Points:

Celebrate Walton Park is set for June 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Walton Park.

Mayor Jake Fleming is to deliver the welcome, and a history of Walton Park will be presented.

TLC will host a kickball tournament as part of the day.

The Walton Park dugout project is complete; both dugouts received new roofs and had their seats raised.

LITCHFIELD — The Litchfield Park District Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, received a report that its Celebrate Walton Park event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 6, with games and activities, a food truck and a DJ planned for the day.

Litchfield Mayor Jake Fleming is to deliver the welcome, according to the minutes, and a history of Walton Park will be given during the event. TLC will host a kickball tournament as part of the day’s activities.

The item was carried on the agenda under Old Business as a report, and the minutes record no motion or vote on it. No admission charge, attendance estimate, event budget or sponsor list appears in the agenda or the minutes.

Dugout Project Finished

The same meeting brought word that a capital project at the park is done. Under the Ball Parks committee report, Bergschneider reported that the Walton Park dugout project has been completed, and that both dugouts received new roofs and had their seats raised.

The minutes carry no cost figure, contractor name or completion date for the dugout work, and no funding source is identified.

Walton Park is one of the district’s public facilities, along with Davis Park, Echlin Park, Plummer Park, the skate park, the bark park and the archery range. The June 6 event is being organized around the park while the board separately continues work on facilities elsewhere in the district, including a building reported as nearly complete under the Community Center committee report and preparations for the pool season.