Long-term projects have officials hoping for increased attendance at Bay City State Recreation Area

Despite only being open for the last few weeks of the summer, the Bay City State Recreation Area’s new Spray by the Bay park can be considered a splashing success. “(The spray park) has dramatically boosted business in what was an otherwise slow area of the park,” Park Manager George Lauinger said. “I wish we had opened that back on Memorial Day. A lot of people say the reason they come to the park is to use the spray park.” With more upgrades scheduled for the spray park next year and other long-term projects on the horizon, Lauinger hopes the state park becomes a daily destination for residents of Bay County. A recent visit to the state park from State Sen. Mike Green, R-Mayville, and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant, also has highlighted the need for more work along the park’s shoreline.

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