Crego park officially reopened for kayaking, fishing and general recreation after being closed and under clean-up for 28 years when industrial waste was found on the site of Lansing's largest park.
According to excerpts from the article:
"City officials used a $500,000 grant from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund and $250,000 from Lansing’s parks millage fund to add a permeable-surface parking area, a fishing pier and a handicap-accessible launching facility for canoes and kayaks.
"… The city applied for the state grant several years ago after being told the land was useable again."
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