Cosley Zoo Raises Admission Fees
Board approves $2 increase in adult non-resident admission fees at Cosley Zoo.
Out-of-towners in the new year will have to shell out $2 more to get into Cosley Zoo. To avoid a deeper deficit at Cosley Zoo, the Wheaton Park District board of commissioners Wednesday approved increasing the zoo's adult non-resident admission fee from $3 to $5. According to a staff report, the increase is "necessary in reaching sustainability," while maintaining rates with comparable zoos. As the Cosley Foundation, a not-for-profit that raises money for the zoo's capital projects scales back on its support of the zoo's operations, Cosley looked to other ways to make up for $50,000 it won't see from the foundation in 2013. The zoo finished 2010 with an $88,000 defecit and 2011 with a $57,000 defecit. Staff projects $28,000 deficit in …
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