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Green Latrine
State park bathroom renovation a cut above perfection
By Trisha Spaulding
Michigan’s Grand Haven State Park -- 48 acres of sumptuous white-sand beach along the shores of Lake Michigan -- serves over 92,000 campers each year, and generates over $1 million in revenue. Since campers flock to the park to enjoy the million-dollar views, it was an unavoidable necessity to use the 50-year-old park bathrooms and shower house. The dark, damp and antiquated facilities inadvertently promoted water saving as campers hated to go there.
All of that changed this spring with the unveiling of Michigan’s new sustainable restroom and shower facility, the first of a green prototype, modular design. “This is a new day for the park system,” Ron Olson, chief of Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Parks and Recreation Division stated at the facility’s ribbon-cutting ceremony. “Our State Park Stewardship Program is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and restoring the natural and cultural resources within Michigan State Parks for current and future generations. This project takes it one step forward, by conserving and limiting the use of our natural resources.”
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