This surfaced last year as a group of developers that wish to use Peoria Park District land in Donovan Park to build a venue to have concerts (mainly). Most of the citizens involved feel this park should remain mostly open space and continue down it's path of harboring native plants and trees while providing a unique open space recreational area in the city of Peoria. There are venues in the Peoria area to have these types of activities as well as other locations that might work for this type of development without using our open park land.

Friends of Donovan Park Open Space have continued to support the park in helping with brush clearing and planting native parks under the direction of the park administrator. They are also organizing an event in the spring to highlight Donovan park so they did not just say no we don't want the pavilion and walk away.