Lawrence Parks & Recreation Steering Committee
Tom Beam, President Mary Webster, Secretary Danielle McKie, Treasurer Phil Beeching Ron Wilde Doug Harrington Cindy Nower Tom Reynells Gayle Crandall Bill Gendren
The LRD is composed of both the Lawrence Township and the Village of Lawrence and the Steering Committee is an independent group of volunteers who are endorsed by both governmental units. The first activity of the Committee was the review and updating of the Village’s Recreation Master Plan (link here). The ambitious plan includes activities in 6 tracks which are Recreation, Enrichments, Youth, Sports, Trails and Operations.
The corner stone of the 5 year plan is development of a Sports Complex to serve both youth and adult leagues in the following sports: Baseball/softball, soccer, and football. Other key plans include: Blackman Street Trail Extender, renovation of the basketball courts and replacement of the tennis courts in the Village Park, a Tree Replacement program and the planning phases for the development of a Community Center.
All members of the community are invited to participate in LRD activities. For more information contact the Township office at 269.674-8833 . Steering Committee meetings are regularly scheduled for the 1st Sunday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Township Community Services Building. (see meetings page for exact dates in case of schedule conflicts)
Link for Recreation Master Plan
Link for Sports Complex concept map (old copy)
The map of the Recreation District can be viewed here (pdf) (this will be updated soon based on the new location)
There were public hearings to discuss the updated Recreation District master plan, 04/21/08 at 6:30 pm at the Lawrence Village Hall, and a second hearing at the Lawrence Community Services Building on May 4 at 6:30 pm.
