Beulah Brainstorm

For Immediate Release:

February 8, 2008

Beulah Invites Ideas on Parks, Waterfront, Streets

Series of “community conversations” continues Tuesday, February 19

BEULAH — The first of three community conversations about the future of Beulah’s parks, streets, and waterfront was a great success, according to organizers. More than a dozen people attended the first meeting Feb. 5, which invited ideas for Beulah’s parks.

The Beulah Brainstorm committee – comprised of village council and community members – will hold two more meetings to gather comments and ideas from residents and other lovers of the village on Crystal Lake.

Meetings are 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Council Room at the village office downtown. Remaining meetings will follow this order of topics:

Tues, February 19 — Waterfront

Tues, March 4, 2008 — Streets

The purpose of the Beulah Brainstorm is to help the village set priorities for both the short term and the long term. The village council will review ideas from the community conversations and consider them in its decision-making.

The three priority areas offered at the Feb. 5 parks meeting are for the Village to:

• Dress up its parks.
• Develop inviting signage for parks.
• Add new amenities and activities as part of a longer-range plan.

For more detail on ideas brought forward at the meeting — or to add more — interested residents can read notes and post comments at the Beulah Brainstorm section of the Village web site: www.VillageofBeulah.org or mail comments to “Beulah Brainstorm” c/o Village of Beulah, 7228 Commercial St., PO Box 326, Beulah, MI 49617.

A number of great things in Beulah have come from community involvement in the past, said Beulah trustee Pat Elliott. “We’ve been going through a box of different plans that have been developed over the years, and we have found that many recommendations in them are now reality,” he said. “The Beulah Brainstorm is about getting a current reading of everyone’s priorities so we can see which of those past ideas we should still dust off and develop, and what new ideas we should pursue, too.” 

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