Spring 2008 Grant Recipient
Applicant:
Carol Drake
Friends of Jean Klock Park
5891 River Rd.
Sodus, MI 49126
US
269-925-4880
E-mail: cappyssong@aol.com
Website: www.savejeanklockpark.org
Lake Basin: Michigan
Sponsor:
Michigan Environmental Council
Brianna Gerard
1169 Pere Marquette Dr., Suite 2A
Lansing, MI 48912
US
(517) 487-9539
E-mail: brianna@environmentalcouncil.org
Website: www.mecprotects.org
JEAN KLOCK PARK: Commitment to preserving an endangered Great Lakes coastal resource
Spring Project Grant Award: $1500
Spring TA Grant Award: $2500
Project Summary:
The Friends of Jean Klock Park in Benton Harbor, Michigan are continuing in their effort to inform the community about potential impacts from a proposed golf course and to engage community members to act to help preserve the park. Funding will help cover costs of attorney fees to stop the lease of Jean Klock Park ensure compliance with a 2004 consent judgment to preserve the park.
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Freshwater Future builds effective community-based citizen action to protect and restore the water quality of the Great Lakes basin. We work toward this goal by providing financial assistance, communications and networking assistance and technical assistance to citizens and grassroots watershed groups throughout the Great Lakes basin. Through these efforts we work with over 1,800 grassroots watershed groups and citizens to protect and restore the rivers, lakes and wetlands in their communities. Freshwater Future, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
For more information, please contact:
info@freshwaterfuture.org
P.O. Box 2479, Petoskey, MI 49770
PH (231) 348-8200