Columbus County Park

The St. Clair County Parks and Recreation Commission (PARC) has recently purchased 291 acres of the Bauman Road Farms property in Columbus Township from the Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national non-profit organization, using a $1.4 million Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grant.

BMJ Engineers and Surveyors have completed a topographical base map of the four parcels that will be part of the new park. The base map will be used to develop a master plan for the park.

PARC has contracted with Landscape Architect, Pamela Blough, to develop the park master plan. PARC held a public visioning session to get citizen input into the development of Columbus County Park on November 27th 2007 at the Columbus Township Hall.

A second public session will be held in late January to solicit comments on a preliminary park master plan. A final public hearing will be held in February or March prior to the Parks and Recreation Commission’s adoption of the master plan.

PARC hopes to start development of the park in 2008 with the construction of a parking lot off of Kronner Road and a Belle River access site for fishermen, canoeists and kayakers.

For more information, call (810) 989-6960.

Columbus County Park Master Plan (Draft)