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INKSTER - NORTHVILLE

Fine ‘Friends’

Group continues effort to build

new entrance to Maybury Park

Members of the Friends of The proposed new entrance
Maybury have raised more than would especially benefit nearby
$12,500 to fund an engineering residents, who could walk or
study that will provide ground- ride bikes to the park, support-
work for a new pedestrian/bicy- ers of the plan said.
cle entrance to the state park off "The mountain-bike trail is in
Seven Mile near Ridge Road. A the southern quadrant of the
new southern entrance for the park and it's a huge draw. Many
944-acre park was identified by people who live on the south
area residents and stakeholders side of the park don't want to put
as a top priority in the 2019 their bike on a rack and drive
General Management Plan. around to the Eight Mile
The first step toward making entrance," said Park Supervisor
the new entrance a reality is to Traci Sincock. "The bike path
conduct the engineering study inside the park aligns with the
that will establish a route, con- paved trail so it would be easy to
duct core samples, and generate get to from the Seven Mile
design/engineering drawings. entrance."
This study is expected to cost Members of The Friends of
about $18,000. Maybury, an all-volunteer, non- southern border was the number projects and financial support to food and store supplies. There
There are currently two drive- profit organization, consider the one amenity that people wanted. the park. It also supports educa- was also a summer camp for kids
in entrances to the park - the southern entrance project There's not a lot of money for tional, environmental and cul- with tuberculosis.
entrance to the horse-riding sta- important enough to raise capital improvements at this tural programs. With the discovery of peni-
bles on Beck Road and the main money from the community. time, said Sincock. "The Friends Maybury State Park serves cillin, TB was cured and the
entrance on Eight Mile Road. A Wayne County, Northville of Maybury, knowing that, decid- Wayne County, Lyon Township, sanatorium closed, according to
convenient, accessible Township and other stakehold- ed that they would tackle this Oakland County and other com- the website.
bicycle/pedestrian entrance was ers are on board with creating a project to keep it moving for- munities farther out. An estimat- After most of the buildings
developed in 2015 at the north- new non-motorized entrance. ward." ed 400,000 people live within a were demolished, the City of
east corner of the park that con- While the new entrance would The Friends of Maybury is 10-mile range of the park and Detroit sold the property to the
nects to the regional trail. That not connect to the Link bike trail two-thirds of the way toward the many come for the trails - bicy- State in 1971 to develop it into a
project, which involved making initially, it could become part of $18,000 goal, according clists, horseback riders, walkers park. Maybury State Park
road improvements and new a future bike path along Seven President Chuck Murdock. and runners, according to the opened in 1975 as the first state
crossings, was funded by the Mile and Ridge Road, according Fundraising efforts have been park website. park in Wayne County. Plaques
state Department of Natural to the Northville Township supported through grants and by In 2019, there were 500,000 set along the trails tell the park
Resources (DNR) Wayne County, Pathways System plan. contributions from businesses visits; in 2020, during COVID-19, history. The distinctive wrought-
local communities, Friends of "Through surveys and hear- and individuals. Three grants attendance spiked to nearly 1.2 iron arch for Maybury
Maybury and others. ings, the new entrance at the have been made: $2,500 from million visits. Sanatorium that crowned a trail-
” Consumers & Travelers) and through a mature forest that front of the new park headquar-
FACT (Federation of American
Paths in Maybury wind
head has been relocated to the
Through surveys and hearings, $1,000 each from the Northville served as a health care center ters, close to the Eight Mile
entrance.
and respite for adults and chil-
Rotary Club and Community
the new entrance at the southern border Financial Credit Union. The dren with tuberculosis from Donations for the engineering
effort began last October. 1921-1969. There were approxi- study of the new entrance can be
was the number one amenity that people wanted. The nonprofit organization, mately 40 buildings at the mailed to: Friends of Maybury,
which celebrates 25 years in Maybury Sanatorium - many 49601 Eight Mile Road,
2021, provides approximately housed patients and some staff, Northville, MI, 48167 or make a
$10,000 annually for materials, others were used to prepare donation online at MightyCause.
Library

seeking

‘Kings and

Queens’

The Leanna Hicks Public
Library of Inkster is offering a
“Be a King or Queen - Ancient
African Kings and Queens”
Black History Month Challenge,
through Feb. 21. It starts with an
African King and Queen scav-
enger hunt featuring interesting
facts on Kings and Queens of the
past.
The next step is to create a
masterpiece based on what has
been learned about a royal.
Collaboration is welcome. Call
the library at (313) 563-2822 or
visit www.inkster.lib.mi.us for
complete rules or how to regis-
ter. There will be prizes for first,
second and third place.
Entries can be: writing (poet-
ry, essay, story); music (song,
dance from that time); or art-
work (mask, sculpture, painting,
drawing, diorama, costume
design).
The Friends of the Leanna
Hicks Public Library
Foundation offers a Used Book
Sale 3-6 p.m. every Friday in
February. Children's books are
25 cents, paperbacks 50 cents,
hardcovers $1, or fill a bag for $5.
The library is located at 2500
Hamlin Dr. in Inkster.
Need internet? The Leanna
Hicks Library now has 10
HotSpots to offer the community
for 2021, thanks to a program
through MetroParks and The
Library Network.
Check out time is one week,
with one renewal, one device
checked out per library card.