LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – According to a Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recommendation, 13 community parks, trails, and sports facilities along with state locks and dams may receive a combined $7,477,100 in Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grants.

The projects recommended for funding are in Alpena, Bay, Cass, Cheboygan, Ionia, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Livingston, Marquette, Montcalm and Ottawa counties. Among other things, the funding would support boardwalk, trail and park renovations and improvements, park pavilion and restroom development, and lock and dam public water access.

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Selected projects were scored and selected from a field of 18 grant applications seeking $8.6 million in local funding.

Application materials and information for LWCF grants will be available for the 2023 funding cycle here.