City of Frankenmuth - Cass River Water Trail

The Cass River Greenways Committee (CRG) has been actively working to promote the Cass River for recreation.  Since 2010, Spicer Group has assisted the CRG and multiple communities along the Cass River corridor to develop launch sites, including Bridgeport, Frankenmuth, Tuscola and Vassar. In the future, the CRG plans to extend the water trail to other communities along the Cass River north to Cass City.

Each project began with Spicer’s assistance in writing the community’s Recreation Plan, which then moved into writing a DNR grant application, and, once awarded, into design, permitting and construction. 

Heritage Park in Frankenmuth was one of the first sites along the Cass River to install a floating dock specially designed to be ADA-accessible. It is one of the first universally-accessible canoe launches in the state. The Frankenmuth project included a gravel parking lot, a pathway to the launch and interpretive signage.