Dundee Township Park District

What Dundee Township Park District does

Dundee Township Park District is a unit of local government in Illinois that operates public parks and recreational facilities for the residents of Dundee Township, headquartered at the Rakow Center in Carpentersville. The district's primary indoor asset, the Rakow Center, opened in 1989 and houses a gymnasium whose original basketball equipment (rim systems, backboards, lifting mechanisms, and curtains) was recently replaced in a $112,225 upgrade completed in January 2026 after manufacturer-discontinued parts made further repairs impossible. The district serves a single geographic segment — Dundee Township residents — with a horizontal segmentation approach, meaning all residents within the district's boundaries constitute the service population.

The district's business model is non-commercial: as a public park district, it is funded primarily through local property taxes and district tax levies rather than user fees, subscriptions, or commercial pricing. There is no disclosed pricing model, no publicly disclosed revenue, and no GTM motion — facilities are accessed directly by residents at district locations. Revenue mechanics are therefore tied to the local property tax base and voter-approved levies rather than market-driven demand. Marketing and distribution channels are not applicable in a commercial sense; awareness and access are managed through the district's public-facing communications and physical facility locations.

The district maintains a stable operating organization with 251-500 employees and operates with no disclosed subsidiaries, no parent company, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, no patents or trademarks, and no regulatory actions. Two vendor relationships are disclosed for the Rakow Center upgrade — Draper Inc. (Indiana-based equipment manufacturer) and H.E. Hodge Co. (Georgia-based installation overseer) — both classified as minor partnerships. The entity has no mobile app, no public API, no proprietary technology stack, and no AI or digital product surface. Operating status is confirmed as active.

Name

Dundee Township Park District

Legal name

Dundee Township Park District

Website

https://dtpd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Dundee Township Park District is a unit of local government in Illinois that operates public parks and recreational facilities — including the 1989-opened Rakow Center in Carpentersville — for Dundee Township residents, funded through local property taxes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Parks and Recreation Services

NAICS

Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (71219), Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (712190)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services (BPAIACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Parks, Recreation & Protected Areas Administration (BPAIAMAH), Facilities Maintenance & Environmental Services (Waste, Water, Trail Maintenance, Restrooms) (THAAAGAI)

Keywords

• Public park services
• Recreational facilities
• Community programming
• Parks and recreation
• Municipal fitness services

Headquarters

HQ city

Carpentersville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Core offering

Dundee Township Park District is a local government entity that operates public parks and recreational facilities for residents of Dundee Township, Illinois. Its core offerings include neighborhood parks, the Rakow Center facility (housing a gymnasium with fitness and basketball equipment), and community-driven recreational programming, all funded primarily through property and district taxes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rakow Center Recreation Facility
• Community Parks System

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• H.E. Hodge Co.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 8 January 2026Georgia-based company that oversaw the installation of new gym equipment at the Rakow Center. Installation was performed while the gym remained closed to the public through January 23.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Naperville Park District: Large DuPage/Will County, IL park district. Larger and more diversified than Dundee Township Park District, but operates under the same Illinois park-district statute and provides recreation facilities and programming to a comparable suburban demographic — useful as an aspirational scale benchmark.
• Forest Preserve District of DuPage County: Large DuPage County, IL forest preserve district offering trails, nature centers, and outdoor recreation. Adjacent to Dundee Township's broader market; serves a similar exurban demographic but focuses on conservation-scale outdoor assets.
• Forest Preserve District of Kane County: County-wide conservation and recreation entity in Kane County, IL. Overlaps Dundee Township's outdoor/natural-area mission but covers a much larger geographic footprint and focuses on natural preserves rather than neighborhood recreation centers.

Direct peers

• Geneva Park District: Municipal park district in Geneva, Kane County, IL. Comparable government entity operating recreation centers, fitness programs, and parks funded by property taxes; serves an overlapping suburban Chicago exurb demographic.
• Bartlett Park District: Park district in Bartlett, IL (Cook/DuPage border). Same Illinois government model, comparable suburban Chicago exurb, with similar recreation center and outdoor park portfolio.
• Fox Valley Park District: Special-tax park district serving Aurora and surrounding communities in Kane County, IL. Operates indoor recreation centers, fitness facilities, sports fields, and seasonal programming on a comparable government-funded model to Dundee Township Park District.
• Hampshire Township Park District: Township-level park district in adjacent Hampshire, Kane County, IL. Most direct geographic comparability to Dundee Township — same scale, same Illinois park-district statute, same township-level governance.
• Batavia Park District: Kane County, IL park district providing recreation facilities, parks, and programming funded via local taxes. Closely mirrors Dundee Township Park District's mandate, structure, and small-city service profile.
• St. Charles Park District: Park district serving St. Charles, IL (Kane County). Directly comparable role, funding model, and facility mix (gyms, fitness, parks, classes), making it the closest suburban peer for service-area benchmarking.
• Crystal Lake Park District: Park district in Crystal Lake, McHenry County, IL, north of Dundee Township. Comparable exurban Chicago park district operating indoor centers, sports complexes, and seasonal programming under local-tax funding.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DTParkDistrict

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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