celery pond

Today at 2pm the 7 bids from potential developers came into the City and were opened at the Public Works Building by Paul VandenBosch. They were opened in this order:

1. Cool Cities: The Black River Cultural Center
2. The South Haven Parks Commission: Recommendation from their February meeting to keep the public lands in public hands.
3. Barney Pero, J&B Landing, submitted the marina/channel cut plan.
4. Lake Michigan Resort, the Goforth Group: A Conceptual site plan including the wastewater treatment plant.
5. Phoenix Redevelopment, plan including the wastewater treatment plant.
6. Stage Development Co., plan not including the wastewater treatment plant.
7. Celery Pond Advocates Inc.: Celery Pond Arboretum and Preserve, a conceptual plan to keep the public lands in public hands, coordinating with the Cool Cities Cultural Center plan.

These proposals should be on the City website by the end of the day or within a 48 hour period.

Please check the site as our beautiful plan for the Arboretum and Preserve is the dream we’ve been talking about for months. The public/Council meeting for presentation of these proposals will be a public meeting tentatively scheduled for June 11th.

Hope to see you tomorrow for the Naperville story on Riverwalk, telling how an interactive community particpated in building a linear park. It’s connected to the idea of the proposed Arboretum. See you at Lake Michigan College around 11:45am…bring your lunch and share this community event.