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...
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 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 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 U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $959,200 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Finance and Operations Division. The DNR will sub-grant these funds to the City of Grand Rapids to construct a new accessible splash pad, restrooms, picnic shelter, and other site amenities. This project will benefit residents of the City of Detroit as well as...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $680,200 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 fund improvements to the Stony Creek Ravine Nature Park, including a new vehicular entrance, parking trailhead, drinking fountain, restrooms, picnic area, and native plantings. The DNR will sub-grant a portion of the funds to the Oakland Charter...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Division of Finance and Operations. The grant will support a development project for outdoor recreation purposes, including the addition of a half-mile of universally accessible trailway to connect the Daysail area to the rest of Lake St. Clair Metropark....
The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $642,200.00 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 provide funding for the DNR to make a sub-award to the City of Grand Ledge for developments at Jaycee Park. This project, which will benefit the general public, aligns with the state's outdoor recreation priorities and the Land and Water...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR will sub-grant the funds to Fort Gratiot Township to develop a 25-site, full hook-up campground with an accessible playground, restroom building, and picnic grove with site amenities. The project aims to enhance public outdoor recreation access and...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office awarded a $306,741.60 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 the City of Essexville to construct walkways, install a seawall and stabilize the shoreline at Smith Park. This will create a safe shore fishing access area with a floating fishing platform, benches, and trash bins....