![]() ![]() The new facility will give Meridian Township a multipurpose centerpiece with the opportunity to host youth and adult sports, live music, food trucks, 5K races, festivals, bingo, yoga, and much more. The Marketplace will offer ample and fully accessible parking and restrooms, a market office that provides easier access to food assistance benefits, a play structure that includes surfacing to provide universal accessibility, a small performance stage, a plaza area for eating and socializing, and synthetic ice for year-round ice-skating opportunities. The campaign will activate a vacant lot on the north side of the Meridian Mall in Okemos by creating a large pavilion within the existing parking lot and adjacent unused green space. We are pleased to provide resources for this effort through our Public Spaces Community Places program.” “The new space will relocate an overwhelmed amenity to a prime and central location with programming to keep the space well-used. “Through the Marketplace on the Green project, Meridian Township will bring its residents together in a vibrant new community centerpiece,” said MEDC Senior Vice President of Community Development Katharine Czarnecki. For project details and to donate, please visit: /meridian. ![]() If the campaign reaches its crowdfunding goal of $50,000 by February 8, the project will win a matching grant with funds made possible by MEDC’s Public Spaces Community Places program. The campaign is being offered through Michigan-based crowdfunding platform Patronicity. – Meridian Charter Township has created a project that will transform an outdated market into a lively public marketplace and functional centerpiece for community life through a new crowdfunding campaign, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Meridian Township announced today. ![]() $50,000 goal to win matching grant through MEDC’s Public Spaces Community Places initiative ![]()
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