ITHACA — The Sept. 15 council packet includes a draft resolution supporting an outdoor Fitness Court and confirming local money for the project.
The draft identifies a $50,000 National Fitness Campaign grant and $174,050 in local funding. It also says the city would need outside vendors for the concrete pad and assembly work.
Together the two figures come to $224,050, although the draft does not state a total project cost. It says added funding requirements for the concrete and assembly work are set out in a National Fitness Campaign requirements document attached to the grant.
The draft describes the National Fitness Campaign's 2026 effort as one that aims to place Fitness Courts in more than 1,000 municipalities and schools nationwide. The resolution commits the council to “funding/fundraising,” wording that leaves open whether the local share would come from the city budget, donors or both.
The draft does not name a site. The court is described as free to residents and visitors.
A separate county parks-grant application in the packet concerns the broader “Woodland Park: The Next Generation” project, but the requested amount is blank in the posted copy.
That application would go to the Gratiot County Board of Commissioners under the county parks millage, and it would authorize City Manager Jamey Conn to prepare and file it. Conn's written report in the same packet says new playground equipment is scheduled for installation beginning Oct. 12, with a pavilion remodel to start in early to mid-October. The packet's invoice list includes $3,497.59 for cameras at Woodland Park.
One clerical point: the agenda lists the fitness grant as Resolution 2026-15 and the parks application as 2026-16, while the draft documents themselves carry the opposite numbers.