Mission Statement:
To provide a non-motorized recreation/nature path within the City of Fremont, Sheridan Charter Township, and Dayton Township for all citizens of this community and its visitors.
Town & Country Path Map (showing Phases 1, 2, 3 & 4)
Phase 1: Funding was awarded for the construction of the first phase (Phase 1) of the Non-Motorized/Recreational Nature Path to be known as the Town & Country Path in 2003. Funding was made possible by the Fremont Area Community Foundation, City of Fremont, Dayton Township, Sheridan Township, Fremont Public Schools and donations from local businesses and citizens.
Phase 1 has two sections:
- One connecting Branstrom Park with Daisybrook and Pathfinder Elementary Schools.
- The other connecting the new Skate Park with Fremont Lake Park.
Phase 2: Recently, the City of Fremont was awarded a $130,560 grant from the Michigan DNR Trust Funds and an additional $50,000 from the Fremont Area Community Foundation to help construct Phase 2 of the Town & Country Path. Local Citizens and Businesses have also contributed over $60,000 toward Path construction. Phase 2 construction should be completed will take place during the summer of 2006. Please view the Town & Country Path Map link above for current and planned routes.
Phase 2 extends from the southern section of Phase 1 at Fremont Lake Park, northwestward through the Industrial Park and up to Market Avenue and Main Street. The second half of Phase 2 is currently being engineered and will finish extending north along Market Avenue, then eastward along 44th Street to Pathfinder Elementary School where northern section of Phase 1 ends.
A Feasibility Analysis for the entire path network was completed last fall, detailing specific phases of the project, which totals more than 25 miles of path (Feasibility Study file size: 8.5MB). A community phone survey was conducted this spring to determine Fremont area citizen support for the proposed path. Here are some of the Community Survey’s comparative results from Fremont City residents and the residents within the entire Fremont area surveyed:
- 87% 85% Agree with the construction of the proposed 25-mile pathway
- 83% 79% Say they would personally use the path
- 64% 64% Use walking as recreational activity, the #1 recreational activity of those surveyed; second was biking
- 53-54% 49-54% Were certain to vote for a 9/10ths of a mill tax levy for the construction of the path
- 63% 58% Were certain to vote for a 1/4 of a mill tax levy for operation and maintenance
- 48% 40% Had only heard of the project prior to phone survey
Please feel free to attend a Fremont Area Park & Recreation Advisory Committee meeting if you have other recreation ideas or would like to propose a project or show your support. Contact the City Clerk for the next meeting date or for more information.
Check out the Town & Country Path Logo Contest winner.
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