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Saginaw council approves submission of federal Outdoor Recreation Legacy grant for Riverfront Park
Summary
City council voted to authorize submission of an Outdoor Recreation Legacy Program application for the Saginaw Riverfront Park. City consultants said the application — due April 1 — requires a 50% match the city currently meets and that state and federal environmental and historic-preservation reviews are under way.
The Saginaw City Council on March 1 authorized staff to submit an application to the National Park Service’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Program for the Saginaw Riverfront Park project.
Wayne Hoffman, a consultant with Wade Trim speaking on behalf of the city’s Public Services Department, told the council the application is due April 1 and is a nationwide competition targeted at urban and disadvantaged communities. “It requires a 50% match,” Hoffman said, and he told the council the city’s previously committed funding brings the local match to about 52%.
Hoffman said the team is requesting federal…
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