Belding applies for grant to improve Lightning Bend Park
Ionia Sentinel-Standard
BELDING The city of Belding is applying for a grant that, if approved, will result in improvements to a park near the Flat River.
The Belding City Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing an application to the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) for improvements to Lightning Bend Park. The vote took place during the council’s virtual meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16.
Belding s Recreation Advisory Board adopted a five-year community recreation plan. The first phase of the plan includes improvements to Lightning Bend Park, which is located on the city s east side near the Flat River.
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IRON MOUNTAIN Iron Mountain City Council gave preliminary approval Monday on pursuing a $230,000 state grant to expand a mountain bike trail system.
Dickinson Trail Network is spearheading the project, which envisions about 6 miles of public trails on city property east of Park Avenue.
A roughly $70,000 local match would be needed for the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grant, but it could come through private donations and in-kind labor.
“Ideally, the city match would be as little as possible,” DTN President Chad Susott said during the Zoom meeting Monday.
The proposed Pewabic Hill trail system complements DTN’s Millie Hill Trailhead, a 5-mile system just west of Park Avenue.
$5M grant sought to expand Muskegon County’s planned park on Lake Michigan
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – Another 162 acres could be added to the future Dune Harbor Park on Lake Michigan if approval is given for a second $5 million state grant to purchase the former sand mining property.
Muskegon County is poised to request the grant from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund to purchase the property off of Lincoln Street in Norton Shores.
The property includes a large inland lake, about 2,000 feet of Lake Michigan shoreline and vast swaths of wooded dune land. It’s connected to a similar 214-acre property to the south, also with an inland lake, that the county is purchasing with the help of an earlier $5 million grant from the same fund to create Dune Harbor Park.
Huron Pines
Courtesy Photos Waves crash on the rocky shore of the 145-acre Lake Huron Coastal Preserve in this photo provided by Huron Pines.
IOSCO COUNTY Last December, Northern Michigan conservation nonprofit Huron Pines became the new owners of a 145-acre parcel of Lake Huron property that is slated to become an Alabaster Township park in the coming years.
Huron Pines purchased the property from USG, a construction materials manufacturer, with the help of a short-term loan from The Conservation Fund. The goal is for Alabaster Township to assume ownership of the preserve in 2022 and for Huron Pines and other regional partners to support the care and stewardship of the land in perpetuity.
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