The DTE Energy Foundation has informed the City of Traverse City that it plans to support the Traverse City Bayfront Plan in the amount of $150,000.

Steven Rawlings, Regional Manager for DTE Energy, will ask the City Commission on Monday, June 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Commission Chambers, to adopt a Resolution accepting the gift. The Resolution would stipulate that the funds be used for the $150,000 natural artesian water feature that flows and meanders through the Clinch Park site.  The natural water feature is in important part of the Clinch Park Phase I project of the Bayfront Plan, and will be integrated into the planned Natural Playscape feature.

“In recognition and celebration of our tenth continuous year supporting the National Cherry Festival, DTE Energy is proud to make even more of an investment in Traverse City by supporting this bayfront initiative,” Rawlings said.  The DTE Energy Foundation has a long history of supporting environmental initiatives in the region.  The planned natural water feature will include a shallow interactive stream that is intended to be fun, child-friendly and celebrate the importance of the State’s natural and water resources of the Traverse region.

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