Interesting outdoor recreation areas are high on the quality of life
list of today's young professionals, and a proposed nature reserve on
Lake Michigan could add to the region's attractiveness. The 20-acre
property could be one of the last undeveloped parcels prime for
preserving and observing Great Lakes dune habitat.
According to excerpts from the story:
Ottawa County, MI — Ottawa County is
now officially the owner of two properties adjacent to the beach where
the 2002 movie “Road to Perdition” was filmed — the final pieces in its
quest for what could be the county’s final Lake Michigan park.
The
parks department first purchased 200 feet of Lake Michigan frontage off
Olive Shores Avenue in 2001 — the property used in the Tom Hanks movie.
The latest purchase clears the way for the county’s fifth park
along Lake Michigan, Olive Shores, a 20-acre reserve with 738 feet of
beach in Port Sheldon Township.
“We finally got it done,” said
John Scholtz, Ottawa County parks director. It took additional time,
though, to buy the adjacent properties because the department needed
more than just the county parks tax money used for most land
acquisitions.
Read the complete story here.
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