Poseyville Preserve Ribbon Cutting 2025

The City of Midland, Michigan held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on December 3, 2025, to celebrate the opening of the Poseyville Preserve, a community-driven project that transformed a former industrial site into an accessible natural preserve. The project, which took over a decade to complete, was funded through a combination of a $1 million FEMA grant, over $13 million in capital funding from businesses, corporations, private donors, and regional partners such as Consumers Energy and the Kibawasi River Natural Resources Damage Assessment Fund. The preserve includes a pedestrian walkway named Founders Crossing, supported by a $1 million grant from the Midland Area Community Foundation, and features flood storage and wetland areas funded by natural resource damage settlement funds. The event highlighted the collaborative efforts of multiple stakeholders, including local government, community foundations, and environmental agencies, but did not include specific procurement or contracting decisions during the ceremony.