The City of Coldwater, with a population of about 10,000 people and home to Cemetery Lake, South Lake, and the Sauk River, is developing a recreation plan to serve as a guideline to improve recreation facilities and develop new recreational opportunities. The City of Coldwater owns and operates 15 parks.
The planning process will take about five months to complete. The foundation of the goals in the plan will be based upon input from the citizens of Coldwater. The City intends to use the plan to guide their work on all future recreational and parks projects. It is also a strategic document that articulates specific goals to various agencies and organizations that fund parks and recreation improvement projects.
The plan will be developed in accordance to the guidelines for Community Park, Recreation, Open Space, and Greenway Plans published by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Completion of a five-year recreation plan will allow the City of Coldwater to pursue DNR-administered grants.
