Master Plan Addendum
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Update Process The Downriver Linked Greenways Initiative Addendum, Marketing Brochure, and Website Template were spearheaded by the DLGI co-chairs, Anita Twardesky, of Riverside Kayak Connection, and Mary Bohling, of Michigan Sea Grant. The Downriver Community Conference again served as fiduciary for the project and the update was funded with assistance from corporate sponsors US Steel, Marathon Ashland, and DTE Energy Foundation. Representatives from the corporate sponsors provided input and review during the development process. Once draft documents were complete, the DLGI held 3 stakeholder input/review meetings with assistance from local State Representatives Barbara Farrah, Ed Clemente, Gino Polidori, Hoon-Yung Hopgood, Kathleen Law, and Kate Ebli. The 3 input meetings were held: § March 18, 2008 Stinson Center Ecorse § March 18, 2008 Gibraltar Community Center § March 24, 2008 Van Buren Township Offices Input from these meetings was incorporated into the final products. The complete Addendum, Marketing Brochure, and Website Template were unveiled at the Downriver Summit held on May 12, 2008 at the Flat Rock Community After several meetings, it was evident that a Master Center. Plan was needed if the Downriver communities wanted to present a united front and apply for funding. Many of History of DLGI the Downriver communities as well as private institutions contributed funding for development of the original At the 1999 Downriver Summit Meeting, it became DLGI Master Plan. The intended purpose of the 2001 apparent that there was a significant need in the Downriver DLGI Master Plan was to coordinate the Downriver area to improve on quality of life issues. One of the quality communities’ development efforts in regard to non- of life issues raised by major employers in the area stated motorized transportation. Rather than planning, designing that families and employees need connected walking and and constructing non-motorized facilities to benefit only biking paths. From there, former Representative George individual communities, the DLGI had the foresight and Mans and Congressman John Dingell spearheaded the vision to embrace a plan that benefits the greater good. start of the Downriver Linked Greenways Initiative (DLGI) The DLGI believed in the wisdom of establishing a Primary meetings to gauge the various communities level of interest. Downriver System which feeds and links into a rapidly It soon became clear that local and regional interest in the forming regional and state-wide system. development of connected, non-motorized trails was very high. Around the same time, the Detroit River had been After the original Master Plan was completed in 2001, designated a National Heritage River, making additional the DLGI communities and partners were quick to begin funding and resources available for improvements to the riverfront. Downriver Linked Greenways Initiative Master Plan Update 6 implementation focusing on the design and construction of Cooperative Conservation Conference – St. Louis the East-West Connector, the North-South Connector, a The White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation Wayfinding Manual, and cooperative efforts related to the was held in August 2005 in St. Louis, Missouri to showcase International Wildlife Refuge, Heritage River Water Trail, the best cooperative conservation initiatives across the Byways to Flyways, the formation of a Michigan Recreation country and establish a conservation agenda for the 21st and Parks Association Trails Committee, implementation of Century. In total, 37 conservation projects nationwide local trail connectors into the larger non-motorized system, were highlighted at the conference including cooperative and much more. conservation efforts in southeast Michigan. Representatives from Downriver Linked Greenways, Michigan Sea Grant, the Progress and Happenings Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge and DTE Energy Since the publishing of the original Downriver Linked were invited to discuss the fact that the Detroit-Windsor Greenways Initiative Master Plan in 2001, numerous related Metropolitan Area offers world-class water, wildlife, efforts, activities, and initiatives have moved forward heritage, and recreational opportunities and is becoming a with positive affects on the Downriver region. These are model for cooperative conservation and enhanced quality highlighted in this update to illustrate the ever expanding of life. The transformation in the area was the result of resource-based efforts that closely correlate with the goals many public-private initiatives (such as DLGI) “working and mission of the Downriver Linked Greenways Initiative. synergistically to deliver cooperative conservation.” Wayfinding Manual Connecting Michigan Plan A Wayside Companion book was developed for the The year-long efforts of 10 task forces on statewide trail Downriver Linked Greenways Initiative in 2003. The issues culminated in 2007 in the release of "Connecting manual, developed by the National Park Service, is a Michigan: A Statewide Trails Vision and Action Plan", product that evolved out of requests that the NPS receives a report issued by project partners: Michigan Trails and from outside the National Park System for interpretive Greenways Alliance, the National Park Service Rivers, training, assistance, and planning. The Wayside Companion Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program, and Michigan is a manual illustrating various design ideas and standards Recreation and Park Association Trails, Greenways, and for developing wayfinding exhibits and interpretive signs. Blueways Committee. The task forces each covered The manual also depicts a template for coordinated distinctly different topics: wayfinding signage for the Downriver Linked Greenways § Funding Initiative system including colors, fonts, logo, and layout. § Programming § Promotions § GIS statewide trails mapping § On-road connections to trails § Private property easements § Multi-use trail design standards § Advocacy support § Regional collaboration § State and local interdepartmental coordination TheTh deliberations of these task forces comprised of over 10010 individuals resulted in 39 goals and 109 action steps. FourFo overarching goals emerged which form a framework forfo an interconnected trailway network that connects every regionregire of the state. Downriver Linked Greenways Initiative Master Plan Update 7 1 RegionalRegional TrailTr Initiatives Noquemanon Trails Network 41 KEWEENAWKEWEENA W Top of Michigan Trails Council 6 Calumet Susan Brian (906) 228-6182 Ann McDevitt (231 348-8280 Hancock Houghton 7 [email protected] [email protected] www.noquetrails.org HOUGHTON www.trailscouncil.org 5 41 L'Anse ONTONAGON BARAGA 4 41 Huron Greenways Initiative Sault Ste. Marie LUCE Wakefield c/o Northeast Michigan Council of Governments GOGEBIC Ironwood 11 Munising 15 1 13 Strongs 3 Newberry Diane Rekowski (989) 732-3551 CHIPPEWA ALGER IRON 75 www.hurongreenways.info SCHOOLCRAFT 2 8 Crystal Falls 14 2 Pickford [email protected] DICKINSON MACKINAC 16 Iron River 9 2 Moran De Tour 12 DELTA Manistique St Ignace Iron Mountain Gladstone l 17 2 Saginaw Bay Greenways Escanaba 18 MENOMINEE c/o Conservation Fund EMMETT 24A24 A HHarborarbo r SSpringspring s Mike Kelly (989) 892-9171 Rogers Cityy 24BB [email protected] Traverse Area Recreational 24C and Transportation Trails Menominee Northport Bob Otwell (231) 941-4300 Bellaire Genesee Regional [email protected] 75 OSCODA Trails Network CRAWFORD www.traversetrails.org ALCONA Grayling Harrisville Mio Heidi Peterson (810) 766-6565 [email protected] Roscommon www.flintriver.org/greenlinks Kalkaska Area Recreational MISSAUKEE IOSCO Oscoda OGEMAW WEXFORD 75 MANISTEE Lake City West Branch Houghton Lake and Transportation Trails Manistee Cadillac ROSCOMMON Tawas City 27 Bob Burgin (231) 258-3307 and Tom Sheneman 131 28 23 31 ARENAC [email protected] MASON GLADWIN Ludington 10 LAKE OSCEOLA 29 CLARE Baldwin HURON Evart 30 Reed City Bad Axe Harbor Beach Clare West Michigan Trails and Greenways Sebewaing ISABELLA Peter Deboer (616) 363-6884 SANILAC [email protected] Caro Sandusky 36 Millington GRATIOT Heart of Michigan Trails Network Bob Moore (517) 244-7191 [email protected] ALLEGAN 131 96 196 LIVINGSTON 60 94 Southwest Michigan Alliance Marshall 94 61 Albion Jackson 12 WASHTENAW for Recreational Trails JACKSON Benton Harbor Manchester 68 Tecumseh Marcy Colclough (269) 925-1137 x 25 69 223 73 72 Hillsdale BRANCH Coldwater [email protected] Monroe Adrian Blissfield HILLSDALE 75 New Buffalo Constantine LENAWEE Sturgis 127 Temperance GreenWays Initiative Oakland Trails Advisory Council Tom Woiwode (313) 961-6675 Melissa Prowse (248) 858-4611 [email protected] [email protected] http://greenways.cfsem.org http://www.oakgov.com/parksrec/ program_service/trails_intro.html Downriver Linked Greenways Anita Twardesky (734) 626-5465 St. Clair County Trails [email protected] Mark Brochu (810) 989-6960 Mary Bohling (313) 235-9159 [email protected] [email protected] www.stclaircounty.org Macomb County Trails John Crumm (586) 469-5285 [email protected] www.wadetrim.com/resources/macomb/index htm 55 Downriver Linked Greenways Initiative Master Plan Update 8 § Ensure that Michigan's trailway stakeholders have Discover our Wild Side ready access to technical resources and best practices The “Discover Our Wild Side” project is an initiative from Michigan and beyond, and across all the many spearheaded by the Metropolitan Affairs