All the News That's Fit to Post about Chelsea, Michigan
By Lisa Carolin Pierce Park was the most visited park in Chelsea in 2020 based on feedback from people who responded to the Chelsea Parks 2020 survey. A total of 419 people responded to the survey, 2/3rds of whom were … Read more
By Lisa Carolin Progress should be made in the next week or two on the Pierce Park pavilion according to Chelsea City Manager John Hanifan. He shared the news during the Chelsea Parks Commission meeting via Zoom Dec.1. Hanifan also … Read more
By Lisa Carolin Chelsea residents and local park users are encouraged to take the parks survey that is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ChelseaParksSurvey2020 for the next three weeks. That was discussed at the Nov. 3 Chelsea Parks Commission meeting held via Zoom. … Read more
The Chelsea Parks Commission met via Zoom on Sept. 1, and one of the topics was the upcoming construction work at Pierce Park. City Manager John Hanifan gave estimates on the cost of a new gazebo, saying that a hexagon … Read more
By Lisa Carolin There is a new survey about Chelsea’s parks, and it will soon be available on the City of Chelsea’s website. The Chelsea Parks Commission encourages residents to fill out the survey and is hoping to get at … Read more
By Lisa Carolin The Chelsea Parks Commission is working on a survey and members discussed some of the updates to the 2015 survey during the group’s Feb. 4 meeting. The plan is to make the public survey available on the … Read more
By Lisa Carolin How to get more families to use local space for recreation was one of the topics discussed by members of the Chelsea Parks Commission at its Nov. 5 meeting. Commission member Sara Wedell brought up the topic … Read more
(Clarification from Mayor Melissa Johnson: The creation of new parks and the adding of a community center are not new concepts. They both are included in the original plan and also the updated draft plan. However, in updating the plan, … Read more
By Lisa Carolin Chelsea Parks and Recreation Commission members spent this past summer visiting parks in Chelsea, and at the Sept. 10 meeting, reviewed some of the feedback shared during those visits. Several meetings took place at Pierce Park where … Read more
By Lisa Carolin Pierce Park was the meeting location for the Chelsea Parks Commission Aug. 6, and the main topic-progress on the Pierce Park Improvement Project. So far, there has been some landscaping done along M-52, and there was a … Read more
By Lisa Carolin Chelsea’s dog park was the location of the Parks Commission meeting July 9. Members of the commission had the chance to walk around the two-and-a-half acre piece of property just east of McKinley Street and north of … Read more
By Lisa Carolin The Chelsea Parks Commission welcomed new member Kate Mehuron to its June 4 meeting, which took place at Veterans Park and included a walk around Weber Field and Timbertown. Parks Commission members agree they like the idea … Read more
By Lisa Carolin Determining where all the money will come from to pay for the Pierce Park Improvement Plan dominated the discussion at the Chelsea Parks Commission’s March 5 meeting. City Manager John Hanifan talked about building the Patronicity Campaign, … Read more
By Lisa Carolin With spring not too far away, the Chelsea Parks Commission is working on pricing for the pending Pierce Park Improvement Plan. City Manager John Hanifan told Commission members at the Feb. 5 meeting that he estimates the … Read more