Project Grant P21AP11079

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will subgrant $402,792 to Williams Charter Township through the National Park Service's Land and Water Conservation Fund program. The project will develop recreational facilities at a township park including a parking lot, entrance drive, basketball court, tennis court, pickleball courts, accessible pathway, rain garden, fencing, benches, and landscaping. These improvements aim to increase accessibility and functionality of the park for visitors of...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will subgrant $107,350 from the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to Williams Charter Township. The funding will support improvements to a heavily used local park, including renovating playgrounds with universally accessible equipment, paving walkways, constructing a gaga ball pit, installing a native plant rain garden with benches. These projects will upgrade recreation facilities...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will subgrant $378,301.40 from a Project Grant awarded by the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office to Ypsilanti Township. The grant funding, awarded on May 16, 2022 through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916), will support replacing existing tennis courts with new pickleball and tennis courts, constructing an accessible pathway, paving accessible parking spaces, installing a...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $1,032,800 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning federal grant program (CFDA 15.916). The Michigan DNR will subgrant these funds to Shelby Township to develop the Shelby Township Community Park. The grant will support construction of an access road, parking lot, pathway with exercise stations, playground, soccer field, and maintenance shed....

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will subgrant $644,100 to Delta Charter Township through the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to develop accessible recreation facilities at Sharp Park from May 2022 through September 2025. The township will use the Land and Water Conservation Fund subaward to construct an accessible connector pathway, restroom building, picnic shelter, tables, grills, benches, recycle and trash...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will receive $644,100 under a Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to subgrant funds to Pittsfield Township. Pittsfield Township will use the subaward to construct an accessible trail, resurface existing tennis courts and add pickleball courts, construct an accessible pathway to park amenities, and install bleachers, benches, trash bins, and bike racks at...

The City of Independence, Indiana was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office to further develop Central Park Sports Complex. Funded through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program, the project will relocate and construct new baseball and softball fields, soccer fields, restroom and concession facilities, storage buildings, and multi-use sports fields. Site work will include installing synthetic...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will receive $516,400 from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025 through a Project Grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office. The funding is provided through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to support renovating existing tennis courts and converting some to pickleball courts at Kiwanis Park in Holt, Michigan. Specifically, the grant will fund renovating six of the...

The $687,844.80 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will fund construction and accessibility improvements at Leonard Field Park in Ada Township, Michigan. Subawarded by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the funding supports projects that align with the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916). Specifically, the grant will construct an accessible pathway, refurbish an existing overlook deck, build an...

The National Park Service awarded a $304,676 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916). The Michigan DNR will subgrant funds to Ypsilanti Township to replace two aging tennis courts with one tennis court and two pickleball courts. The project will also renovate fencing, gates, an existing rain garden for stormwater management, and perimeter pathways. Amenities and landscaping will be...