Members of Keepers of the Shiawassee will be manning an informational booth at the Fenton Community Expo on March 1st an 2nd at Fenton High School.
March 1 10AM – 5PM
March2 11AM – 4PM
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=fenton%20community%20expo
Members of Keepers of the Shiawassee will be manning an informational booth at Quiet Adventures Symposium in Lansing MI on March 1st.
The 30th Annual Quiet Adventures Symposium will be on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at the MSU Pavilion (4301 Farm Lane, Lansing, MI, on the Michigan State University campus) between 9:00 am and 5:30 pm. The Symposium is hosted by the nonprofit Quiet Adventures Society, formerly the Quiet Water Society. For more general information on the event, check out this printable flyer.
“Rolling for the River”
FUNDRAISER FOR
THE HOGAN ROAD LAUNCH
AT
HOLLY LANES
2430 GRANGE HALL RD,
FENTON, MI 48430
APRIL 11, 2025
7:00PM – 9:00PM
$25.00 PER PERSON
50/50 AND BASKET RAFFLES
Members of Keepers of the Shiawassee River will be marching in holiday parades in Linden and Fenton to help bring awareness of our organization.
Come out and enjoy the fun at :
Linden’s Holiday Happening Frosty Parade & Fireworks
Downtown Linden on December 6th
PARADE 7:00PM
FIREWORKS 8:30 PM
Frosty Fireworks over the Millpond
Fenton’s Jinglefest Holiday Parade – Downtown Fenton
December 7th 6PM
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14347 Hogan Rd, Linden, MI 48451
Geographic Coordinates: 42.815569825001866, -83.80237500303633
People have been accessing the river by the Hogan Rd bridge for many years. They have had to park on the road, carry their boats over a steep berm and drop their boats a couple of feet to get into the water. Our project to build a permanent launch will increase access to the river by creating a one way drive with entrance and exit, providing off road parking, create a gentle slope into the water and have benches and trash receptacles as amenities. We will involve community members as volunteers to help with the construction and planting of native plants.
We expect our launch will become part of community fundraising events such as the Paddle and Pedal put on by LAFF Pathways and Paddle for Paws sponsored each August by Wax Orthodontics. Our hope is to see a triathlon that includes biking, kayaking and running in the near future.
When completed those impacted will be paddlers, fishermen and hunters from all around our area. Since this is a State and National Water Trail we expect to draw in people from all over Michigan and possibly other states. This will increase tourism and recreational business opportunities to the area which will be a benefit to the communities along the river’s course. It will potentially affect real estate values, as in other communities with river access, property values increase with the rising desire to live in or near active river-trails communities.
Genessee County has replaced the old Hogan Rd bridge and completed much of the preliminary grade work. Keepers of the Shiawassee has contracted the engineering for the preliminary site plans with donations from members and the community and solicited grants and coordinating fund raising events to gather the funds necessary to proceed with the construction. With help from grantors and community donations we hope to make this a successful project in the near future.
There are still some legal hurdles, permitting and contracting activities that need to be addressed before construction can begin. Hopefully we’ll see some actual work in Spring 2025.