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State funding for river racecourse and park at former horse racing track

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State funding for river racecourse and park at former horse racing track

LANSING, MI – The state is supporting a project that will restore a river currently covered in concrete and create a new public park at Michigan’s last horse racing track. The Michigan Strategic Fund approved a $2 million brownfield tax abatement to support the redevelopment of 7.85 acres of the former Northville Downs racetrack in […]

Wild Up North State Park features 14 miles of connected trails, 10 lakes and dozens of campgrounds

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Wild Up North State Park features 14 miles of connected trails, 10 lakes and dozens of campgrounds

LUPTON, MI – This park is wild. The Rifle River State Recreation Area is a virtually untouched piece of wilderness in northern Michigan. Before the 4,450-acre site near Rose City became public land in 1945, it was a hunting preserve and game ranch owned by Michigan automaker Henry Jewett. He bought it in the early […]