“There is not a lot of Muskegon lakefront property for sale.”
And Muskegon commissioner Jay Kilgo says paying almost one point five million for10 lots at the site of the old Sappi mill on Muskegon Lake is a bargain.
“It may look expensive but it’s actually looking at other lakefront parcels under retail value.”
Parkland Properties is planning waterfront homes and condominiums on the 123-acre Sappi paper mill site. City manager Jonathan Seyferth says they are offering the city 10 lots for the park at a discount.
“A 15 percent reduction off the average sale price.”
To help pay for the park project Muskegon is applying for a million-dollar grant from the State Natural Resources Trust Fund. Once it’s park is open the city would pay the developments homeowners association to maintain the park.
“They would already have folks taking care of lawn maintenance and that.”
Until it closed in 2009 and was later demolished, the Sappi mill and smokestacks were Muskegon landmarks for over one hundred years. Commissioner Kilgo thinks the city should participate in the transformation
“The city can be part of what they are doing at the old Sappi site as they turn something that had been vacant and blight for years and years into something beautiful.”
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