The Mt. Pleasant Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (MPACVB) is pleased to announce the 2024 Destination
Development Fund Recipients.
The MPACVB encourages and supports development of the area’s attractions,
events, amenities, hospitality services, and other related tourism projects. The
MPACVB primarily focuses on projects that support sports tourism and general
community support and have the capability to generate visitors, related or new
spending, or a higher quality of place.
Past projects the MPACVB has helped fund include Art Reach of Mid-Michigan’s
Paint the Pavement event, little league lights, volleyball equipment and basketball
rims at Morey Courts, improving erosion, adding canoe launches, wayfinding
signage in Deerfield Nature Park, and more.
The MPACVB is excited to announce the following project and recipients for
Destination Development Grants for 2024:
• Art Reach of Mid-Michigan: $5,000 for Paint the Pavement 2025
• Chippewa Watershed Conservancy: $2,700 Reprinting Chippewa River Trail
Maps
• City of Mt. Pleasant: $25,000 for Town Center Public Restrooms
• Isabella County Parks & Recreations: $4,650 for new gates at Pere Marquette
Rail Trail
• For Art’s Sake: $5,000 for Market for the Arts
• Mt. Pleasant Discovery Museum: $3,500 for Okaya, Japan Exhibit
Improvements
• Morey Courts Recreation Center: $65,000 for Morey Courts Revamp &
Bleachers
• City of Mt. Pleasant Parks & Rec: $4,490 for posts and netting for Yost Park
• Mt. Pleasant Little League: $5,000 for improving batting cages at Pickens
Field
The MPACVB is proud to have invested over $424,386 back into the Isabella County
community since 2019. Congratulations to all recipients. Any requests for 2025,
please contact Chris Rowley at Chris@meetmtp.com.
