The city of Novi will receive $50,000 a year for five years to develop city parks and recreation programs and take steps toward building Oakland County's first system of greenways trails connecting parks.
The $250,000 comes from Novi-based
ITC Holdings, which has previously committed other funds to enhance services in the city where its world headquarters are located. ITC, International Transmission Company, is the nation's largest independent electricity transmission provider.
The donation to the city and the Novi Parks Foundation also comes with an approval to extend ITC's naming rights to the ITC Community Sports Park until 2018.
With the latest $250,000 commitment, ITC's commitments to the city add up to $750,000.
Part of the donation will cover signage at the sports park and at a trailhead that will follow ITC's transmission corridor, which will become open to the public.
In addition, the donation may help cover the cost of a dog park, spray park, playgrounds, sports turf and other projects as well as carry out the foundation's vision to become the first Oakland County community to connect all of its parks to a system of trails.
Source: David Landry, Novi Parks Foundation
Writer: Kim North Shine
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