City seeks $6.9M Outdoor Legacy grant to remediate and reopen Arcadia Creek Festival Place

Sep 22, 2026

City staff proposed applying for roughly $6.9 million through Michigan's Outdoor Legacy Recreation Program toward a $14 million phase to remediate and reopen much of Arcadia Creek Festival Place; staff said remediation would begin this winter and the city expects award notifications by May 2027 if successful.

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City staff asked the commission to approve submission of an Outdoor Legacy Recreation Program (OLRP) grant application to support renovations and environmental remediation at Arcadia Creek Festival Place. "That is the Outdoor Legacy, Recreation Program grant, with a funding request I should flip my slide here of roughly, dollars $6,900,000," Deputy City Manager David Marquardt said.

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