improvements, furnishings, computer and security systems, professional and financing costs and contingencies. The funding comes from the Imber Fund, now grown to $900,000, a State of Illinois Construction Grant of $250,000, General Obligation Bonds for $2.9 million and interest income. Landmarks St. Bernardine Catholic Church, built in a Spanish Mission style, was designed by McCarthy, Smith, and Eppig. The firm worked extensively with Cardinal George Mundelein and produced numerous Chicago-area Catholic churches during the Great Depression, including St. Wenceslaus in Chicago, as well as St. Joseph and St. Francis Xavier churches in Wilmette. The Ferrara Pan Candy Company is located at 7301 W. Harrison Street. The company was founded in 1908 by Salvatore Ferrara who came to America from Nola, Italy, in 1900. The use of the word "pan" refers to the process of making the candy by the sugar panning process. Notable people Kevin Bellie, award-winning American director and choreographer lives in Forest Park. W. Robert Blair, Illinois politician Warren Brown, sports journalist, coined nicknames for Red Grange and Babe Ruth, Baseball Hall of Fame member Eddie Hoh, rock drummer of the 1960s who backed Mamas & Papas and the Monkees Kathy Griffin, comedian, actress, author (Oak Park) Leonard W. Hein, economist, accounting educator Bill Idelson, Actor and Writer Erv Lange, pitcher for the Chicago Whales; born in Forest Park Howard R. Mohr, Illinois politician, businessman, and Mayor of Forest Park; born in Forest Park Frederick B. Roos, Illinois politician Calvin Sutker, Illinois politician Pierre Walters, NFL athlete, Kansas City Chiefs Gallery Forest Park Amusement Park See also Harlem Race Track Showmen's Rest Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698 crashed at Forest Park in 1960 References External links Village of Forest Park official website "Forest Park, IL" at Encyclopedia of Chicago Forest Park School District 91 Forest Park History Chicago metropolitan area Villages in Cook County, Illinois Villages in Illinois Populated places established in 1907 1907 establishments in Illinois Majority-minority cities and towns in Cook County, Illinois