COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Adopt a Park Program -

1. Landscape the enterance sign to Presque Isle. 2 designs have been submitted and a decision will be made very shortly on which design we are going forward with. Construction to be coordinated and completed on M night June 5th. Members will be needed for many different tasks.

2. Charlie Kabaggams grave: Simply clean up, de-weed the area, was the stone, plant flowers if needed. Still open for ideas but we don't want to make a lot of changes. Service will be completed in corrdination with 'M' night June 5th.

3. Lions Den (Shiras Zoo) Large planting area encased by stone formation. Some bushes left over from original plantings over three years ago. It's our to do what ever we want with so please visit the site and think about some ideas. This also will be coordinated with our next 'M' night.

Presque Isle Pathway -
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Click here for Latest Release July 10th, 2004

The Presque Isle Advisory Committee me on May 19th, 2004 and made a decision that we will be able to move forward with this project. The target start date is the second week in June. A fundraising event was also planned for the third weekend in July. This event will consist of standing in front of the Presque Isle entrance sign and asking for donations from passers by. (Similar to fireman boot drive)

Project Summary:

Late last fall a committee was formed to meet with the Presque Isle Advisory Committee so see what the Marquette Michigan Jaycees could do to help with the on going plan of a handicap accessible pathway on Presqeu Isle. Phase one of the pathway is a permanent path from the pavilion to the band shell area. The committee put together an executive proposal to get this pathway underway by mid June. Through the attendance at the advisory meetings and many hours of research away from the advisory board we were able to get our proposal approved by the Presque Isle Advisory Committee, city manager and city engineers. We also sparked interest in the City's union employees. The City Union employees have now volunteered their labor as-well-as machinery to this project. This will save the Jaycees, the dedicated time and service of this committee and ever growing reputation of the Marquette Area Jaycees. This project would continue to sit in the planning stages as it has for the past 5 years if it wasn't for the Marquette Area Jaycees.

Project Needs:

Volunteers will be needed on a daily basis once this project get underway in mid June. Since we don't have a general meeting before then, we will use the website for most of our communication. Please come out and support this project.

Special thanks to committee members: Paul Schloegel, Sven Holmquist, Mike Pastor, and Todd Scott.

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