Council’s Unanimous Decision Creates An Open Palette
The City Council’s meeting last night at South Haven’s City Hall heard a unanimous vote come in, giving an OK to take down all the existing city buildings on Dunkley Avenue. This includes the old DPW building which sits next to the new Black River Linear Park B. With this decision, all the lands will be renewed with a leveling of ground and grass seeding.
We will have an open palette in 2010 to think again about the possibilities for the area.
Celery Pond Advocates holds to its original conception of using the public lands for public space, recreation and events, with the hope of converting it to an arboretum with kayak trails running through it, with wetland classroom and creative spaces for art and nature.
Along with the Wetland Overlook Design, we have a more detailed plan for Linear Park B, both of which we hope to present to Council next year. We will encourage city officials to consider another planning workshop exercise to share ideas which will let us all arrive at a concept for a more eco-sensitive plan.
If you scroll down to the last entry, the new trend for preservation is something the general public wants - for now and for the future.
In the City’s Abonmarche plan which was approved by the Council in 2006, a boardwalk was drawn across the wetland to this point to connect walkers and bikers to the Kal Haven trail.


