$320,000 Grand Ledge River Trail Expansion a Go

The Grand Ledge river trail expansion, which started out as a single project to extend the Grand Ledge Opera Authority’s river walk access, has turned into a community project.

“The more we thought about it, the more we thought it would be better to do in conjunction with the city,” says Harlin McDowell with the Grand Ledge Opera Authority.

This summer, the Grand Ledge Opera Authority, the City of Grand Ledge, the state and the Grand Ledge Rotary will watch as the foundation is laid for the $320,000 expansion of the river trail.

The Opera House Authority was going to pay to have the trail extended behind the Opera House. Now the expansion will extend for more than a mile, giving Grand Ledge citizens greater access to area parks.

“We think it’s more of a community program, that’s what it amounts to. We hope we can encourage people to utilize it for exercise,”McDowell says.

Source: Harlin McDowell, Grand Ledge Opera Authority

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