FERNDALE — Ferndale’s hopes to improve its Harding Park inline skating rink will have to wait until next year.

The Ferndale City Council approved at its Aug. 11 meeting a Land and Water Conservation Fund development project agreement with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. This was in regard to $100,000 in grant funding to replace the rink.

Harding Park’s inline skating rink is more than 61 years old and, according to the city, has been breaking down in recent years.

According to city documents, the scope of construction at Harding Park includes the removal and replacement of the existing hockey rink, the installation of new park amenities and installation of stormwater mitigation systems around the hockey rink.

The city was awarded the grant funding in December and aimed to

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