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(July 1, 2021 4:56 PM) Jackson residents and their four-legged furry friends are celebrating the official opening of the City’s first dog park! A ribbon-cutting event for Betty’s Dog Park held today welcomed this pooch paradise into the community.  The new park is named after Betty Dahlem Desbiens, a long-time Jackson resident who donated funds to make the park possible. Betty’s Dog Park is fully fenced, with separate areas for big and small dogs to roam free, including sidewalks, benches and picnic tables. A secure fence system will help ensure pets do not escape. The dog park makes use of space in Beech Tree Park, a public park that’s been without a use since its award-winning beech tree was removed due to a lightning strike.  Downtown Jackson has seen a housing boom in recent years, with hundreds of new apartment units added to the area. Located within a short walk from downtown, Betty’s Dog Park will be useful for downtown apartment dwellers and their pets to have ample space for play time.  Desbiens helped cut the ribbon at Thursday’s event alongside City officials. She was inspired to help with a dog park project when she drove past Beech Tree Park…

(June 29, 2021 7:19 PM) Today, 50 Consumers Energy employee-volunteers in partnership with the City of Jackson pitched in to clean up several parks.  Throughout the day, volunteers worked at Ella Sharp Park, MLK Equality Trail, Loomis Park, and the Exchange Playground. Consumers Energy Vice President Scott McIntosh led the volunteer crew as a demonstration of the Company’s commitment to serving its hometown community and to Michigan’s clean future.  Cleanup activities volunteers in blue Caring for Community volunteer shirts included mulching, painting, and gardening work. McIntosh told JTV’s Andy Hawley that protecting the planet is important to Consumers Energy employees and is an extension of how Consumers Energy cares for the communities it serves. McIntosh said that the heart of service extends from cleaning parks in the energy provider’s hometown of Jackson to delivering a clean energy future statewide that includes going coal-free by 2025 and achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. More on the day’s activities Wednesday on JTV. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV News.  For prints or downloads, click here. [ngg src="galleries" ids="1168" display="pro_blog_gallery"]