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THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021
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City of New Buffalo awarded two recreational boating grants from MDNR
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BY FRANCESCA SAGALA
to see a lot of activity at our beach and he Michigan Department of Great Lakes State. Michigan offers outdoor marina in the near future.” Natural Resources (MDNR) recreational opportunities and picturesque “I want to thank the Michigan announced last week that views not found anywhere else, and so it’s Department of Natural Resources for their more than $4 million in grant of utmost importance that the DNR helps support, and we look forward to making funding will be awarded to invest and fund Michigan’s harbors and 23 communities boating access sites for the throughout the state benefit of all.” to boost recreational Local units of boating, with $689,481 government and state of it going to the City of colleges and universities New Buffalo. are eligible to apply The city was for grant assistance for awarded the following recreational boating two grants: $189,481 improvements and for marina electrical development at grantsystem upgrades in-aid harbors and (community share public boating access Boats head out on the Galien River at New Buffalo Public Beach $189,481 and total sites. The grant-inproject amount aid program provides great progress here in the City of New $378,962) and $500,000 for marina matching funding to help support quality Buffalo,” he said. broadside dockage and erosion control recreational boating infrastructure. Humphrey said public informational (community share $1,486,187 and total Communities are asked to match 50% of statements will be released on various project amount $1,986,18). required funds. projects as these projects “begin to break “Obviously, we are thrilled by both ground” in the future. grants, we’ve known about the Flood n 2020, when lake levels were at The funding is made possible through Mitigation and Dock expansion for a while record highs, many facilities had the DNR Parks and Recreation Division’s now, the electrical systems upgrades are emergency needs. As a result, waterways grant program, which began a welcome addition,” City of New Buffalo the waterways grant program in 1949 with the goal of expanding the Mayor John Humphrey said in an email was strongly focused on assisting harbor system along the Great Lakes and response. communities that had emergency boating access sites throughout the state. “We’ve been laying the groundwork to infrastructure needs. Fortunately, Today, the system includes more than move forward on these projects for some this year with lake levels receding, the 1,300 state-sponsored boating access sites, time now and with these grants we hope grants have been able to focus on more 19 state-managed harbors and 63 local to begin engineering and survey work this typical infrastructure improvements, state-sponsored harbors of refuge along summer,” Humphrey said, adding that such as engineering studies, design, and the Great Lakes. construction of the sea wall should begin infrastructure improvements, the press “Water and boating are at the heart of sometime this fall. release states. Michigan,” said Ron Olson, DNR Parks Humphrey said he doesn’t currently The application period for the next have a timeline on the overhaul of electrical and Recreation Division chief, said in a round of Waterways grant funding are due press release. “We have residents who live systems at the Municipal Marina; however, Friday, April 1, 2022. on the water, those who travel all over the with the new Dune Walk work “hopefully Learn more about the grant program state to boat and visitors who come here beginning soon, flood control at Lions Park and application materials at Michigan.gov/ from around the world because it’s the and these two projects, people can expect DNRGrants.
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