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 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...
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 U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $315,600 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The grant will support the development of pickleball courts, improve and expand river access, construct a fitness trail with stations, and install site amenities in the city of DeWitt, Michigan. The DNR will sub-grant these funds to the City of DeWitt for project...
This federal Project Grant award of $999,400.00 was provided by the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The funding will be used to renovate the existing 4 tennis courts and expand the facility with an additional 2 dual-use tennis and pickleball courts in North Muskegon, Michigan. The project will also include the development of new access pathways and site amenities. The...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will receive $214,700 under a Project Grant awarded by the National Park Service on May 16, 2022 through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916). As a subrecipient, the Department of Natural Resources will provide $214,700 to the City of Oak Park, Michigan to construct an accessible connector pathway, inclusive and accessible playground with safety surfacing, additional play equipment, and amenities and...
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 $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 receive $309,840 from the National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to renovate Pennsylvania Park in Petoskey, Michigan by September 2025. Renovations will include replacing existing walkways with universal access walkways, upgrading lighting, installing picnic tables, trash bins, and bike racks, and landscaping that includes renovation of the existing storm water management...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will use a $1.03 million subgrant from the National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to develop Pere Marquette Conservation Park in Ludington, Michigan. The subgrant to Pere Marquette Township will fund construction of an entry road, parking lot, accessible pathway, boardwalk, boating launch, restroom, fish cleaning station, information kiosk, and landscaping. Additionally, the...