A Grand Haven icon was rededicated this week in the midst of a $150,000 rehabilitation project.
According to excerpts from the story:
Standing near the boardwalk Saturday, Grand Haven Mayor Roger Bergman said the day would go down as a momentous day in the city's long history. "Few will remember exactly what happened on Aug. 15, 2009," he said. "But for literally tens of thousands, it marks the continued commitment by this community to maintain this treasured asset we call the boardwalk."
Bergman made the opening remarks during an hour-long ceremony at Escanaba Park to rededicate the 25-year-old boardwalk in the midst of an approximately $150,000 rehabilitation project. City Manager Pat McGinnis said retired social studies teacher Ken Formsma, who was the chairman of a fundraising committee that helped get the boardwalk built in 1984, approached city officials about a year ago with the idea of launching another fundraising drive to fund its rehabilitation.
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