Author: CBDT

  Posted on 14 January 2016. This map shows the land dedicated to developing the heart of Cedar Springs. The parcels outlined in green belong to the CBDT, and the parcel outlined in blue belongs to the city, but will be developed by the CBDT. The area in red is the White Pine Trail. Plans by the Community Building Development Team to build up “the heart of Cedar Springs” in the area of Main and Maple Streets are coming together, and the latest involves a new community building. “Over the last three years, an enormous amount of discussion and collaboration between the City Council, Planning Commission, Library Board, Solon Township, Chamber of Commerce, North County Trail and White Pine Trail Boards, and the Community Building Development Team (CBDT) members have…

Cedar Springs Mayor Gerald Hall signs the North Country Trail agreement with, from left, Chris Loudenslager, from National Parks Service; Robert Ellick, Solon Township supervisor, and Kurt Maybie, chair of the Cedar Springs Community Development Building Team looking on.Jan Holst It's a done deal – the agreement between the National Park Service and Solon Township and the City of Cedar Springs to extend the North Country Trail through the area – has been signed. Specifics about exactly where the trail will be are still being worked out, but an agreement was reached at a meeting that took place at Hillside School in Cedar Springs on Jan. 21. The official papers were signed by Chris Loudenslager, representing the U.S. National Parks Office; Solon Township Supervisor Robert Ellick,  Cedar Springs Mayor Gerald…