Old Orchard Utility Project
Project need: failing roads; failing septic systems with limited space for new drain fields on neighborhood parcels.
Project scope: new roads (asphalt); expanded sewer system; new sewer mains on the portion of the neighborhood currently without access, and new water mains.
For all questions and concerns please email Justin Lakamper, City Manager.
Plainwell Dam #2 Project
This project would replace the Plainwell #2 Dam (the diversion dam that creates the Plainwell millrace that makes Plainwell the Island City) with a structure that would hold upstream pool elevation but allow for fish and recreational passage. The project will replace the failing structure at the outflow of the raceway near Plainwell City Hall with a stable structure that would allow fish and recreational passage.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant of $500,000 is for the engineering of this project.
Plainwell Paper Mill redevelopment
The history of the former Plainwell Paper Mill site, its photos, reports and redevelopment documents are on the Paper Mill site page.