Bessemer to apply for two trailhead grants

By CHARITY SMITH

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BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer will be applying for two grants to help cover the cost of a new trailhead for the Iron Belle Trail behind City Hall.

City Manager Charly Loper told the city’s Recreation Committee on Dec. 16 that she felt it would be best to apply for both the grant from the Economic Development Authority and the one from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Loper said they would see which grant the city is approved for, or, if both, then decide which grant to accept.

In order to qualify for the EDA grant the city had an econom...