Michigan
(This list does not include Recovery Action Program planning
grants.)
Project Sponsor: Battle Creek
Project Name: Franklin Neighborhood Park
Federal Share: $41,300
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Renovated picnic shelter, tables,
basketball court, playground, installed new playground equipment
and drinking fountains.
Project Sponsor: Detroit
Project Name: Five Recreation Centers
Federal Share: $1,837,500
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Wheller Recreation Center -
renovated locker and restrooms, gym-boxing-wrestling area,
installed new floor in auditorium/gym, and kitchen. Patton
Park - renovated roof, ceiling over swimming pool, locker
and restrooms, and various interior and exterior modifications.
Kronk Center - renovated restrooms, kitchen, storage and locker
rooms, and various interior and exterior modifications. Brewer
Center - renovated restrooms, kitchen, installed a new roof.
Project Sponsor: Detroit
Project Name: Considine, Delray, and Hawthorne
Recreation Centers
Federal Share: $700,000
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Replaced roofs and ceilings,
renovated interior of centers, and removed architectural barriers.
Project Sponsor: Detroit
Project Name: Flynn Pavilion on Belle Isle
Federal Share: $490,000
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Renovate pavilion facility.
Project Sponsor: Detroit
Project Name: Peterson Playfield
Federal Share: $950,000
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: Peterson Playfield is a 17-acre
park located in the northwest section of Detroit. Renovations
include restoration of ballfields, tennis courts, basketball
courts, new accessible playground equipment, water sprayground
feature, picnic tables and benches, and park furniture.
Project Sponsor: Flint
Project Name: Kearsley Park
Federal Share: $129,731
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Created a children's driving
safety center with small roads, signs, small buildings, renovated
playground, and installed new playground equipment.
Project Sponsor: Flint
Project Name: Kearsley Park
Federal Share: $224,686
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Install new playground equipment,
repair pacinic pavilion, new picnic tables, benches, grills,
and upgrade soccer field.
Project Sponsor: Genesee County
Project Name: Bluebell Beach Park
Federal Share: $206,774
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: Bluebell beach is an 80-acre
park located in the Genesee Recreation Area on 600-acre Mott
Lake. Renovations include installaztion of playground equipment,
park furniture, a new water sprayground, and landscaping.
Project Sponsor: Grand Rapids
Project Name: Martin Luther King Jr. Park/Lodge
Federal Share: $228,182
Fiscal Year: 1981
Description: Renovated bathhouse, swimming
pool, basketball courts, and roller skating facility.
Project Sponsor: Grand Rapids
Project Name: Recreation to Reduce Risk
Federal Share: $100,000
Fiscal Year: 1992
Description: A neighborhood oriented program
that provided recreation and social services for all age groups
in the Belknap, Stocking, and Madison neighborhoods. The program
operated out of two schools and a recreation center. The activities
provided were teen rap sessions, bowling and pizza parties,
basketball, dances, field trips, aerobic classes, after-school
crafts and quilting, and family activity nights.
Project Sponsor: Highland Park
Project Name: Seven Recreation Sites
Federal Share: $33,574
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Ives Playfield - renovated storage
facility and constructed an exercise station. Lee Tot-Lot
- renovated playground, and installed new playground equipment.
Storen Park - renovated playground and installed new playground
equipment. Perchman Park - renovated ballfield and playground.
Installed new playground equipment. Mulford Park - created
a new passive area with trees, shrubs, and benches. Barone
Park - renovated playground, equipment storage facility, installed
new fence, benches, sandbox and horseshoe pit, and playground
equipment. Richton Park - converted wading pool into a multi-use
play court, removed old fence, and installed drinking fountains
and trees.
Project Sponsor: Jackson
Project Name: City-County Recreation programs
Federal Share: $75,600
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Created a recreation programming
center and related facilities specifically designed for staging
a variety of recreation activities. In addition, renovation
Sparks Park recreation center complex included lagoon access
improvements, constructed trails, and picnic and play areas.
Project Sponsor: Jackson
Project Name: Multi-recreation Program Opportunities
Federal Share: $128,877
Fiscal Year: 1982
Description: Several recreation programs
were initiated to meet the needs of the diverse community
in Jackson. The programs included Historic Life Skills - included
blacksmithing, broom making, candle making, woodworking, and
soap making. Gardening Program - garden program for seniors.
Multi-Modal Transportation System - constructed handicap accessible
paths, trails, and transportation system for disabled citizens.
Urban Fisheries program - stablized river bank, constructed
a shoreline pier, and provided free fishing clinics. Adopt-A-Mini-Park
- renoated a playground and transferred recreation program
of the park to a neighborhood community group. Handicapped
Recreation Instruction program - created recreation activities
for disabled citizens that were not available such as basketball
league, tennis, cross-country skiing, hiking, and horse-back
riding.
Project Sponsor: Lansing
Project Name: Moore Park Pool
Federal Share: $457,577
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Renovated swimming pool and
pool equipment, parking lot, and installed new access ramps.
Project Sponsor: Lansing
Project Name: Hunter Pool, Municipal Field,
and Riverfront Park
Federal Share: $411,926
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Hunter Park - renovated swimming
pool, restrooms, repaved parking lot, and installed access
ramps. Municipal Field and Riverfront Park - installed new
light system.
Project Sponsor: Muskegon
Project Name: Three Recreation Sites
Federal Share: $175,700
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Smith-Ryerson Playfield - renovated
two tennis courts and two basketball courts, playground, and
realignment of two ballfields. McCrea Playfield - constructed
a new storage/restroom facility, renovated basketball courts,
softball infield, playground, and playfield. Park Avenue Playground
(Craig School) - renovated six tennis courts and two basketball
courts.
Project Sponsor: Muskegon Heights
Project Name: Martin Luther King School Park
Federal Share: $99,942
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated basketball courts,
picnic facility, softball field, shuffleboard, horseshoe pit,
game tables, and expanded parking lot.
Project Sponsor: Muskegon Heights
Project Name: Johnny O. Harris Park
Federal Share: $86,441
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Install new restroom facility,
picnic pavilion, landscaping, access for bridge improvements,
replace 10 light fixtures, and resurface basketball courts.
Project Sponsor: Oak Park
Project Name: Dewey Park
Federal Share: $30,100
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Renovate basketball court.
Project Sponsor: Pontiac
Project Name: Murphy Park Community Center
Federal Share: $560,000
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Converted an open air pavilion
into an enclosed community center.
Project Sponsor: Pontiac
Project Name: Murphy Park
Federal Share: $200,000
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Renovated parking lot, tot-lot,
picnic area, warming house, plazas, ice rink, walkways, and
trails.
Project Sponsor: Wayne County
Project Name: Ernest T. Ford Recreation Center
Federal Share: $239,533.84
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Renovate recreation center including
a new roof, shower facility, and replace glass throughout
the facility.
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