City of Three Rivers Michigan

Many changes are currently underway at the Three Rivers Farmer’s Market!  Rates have been lowered, day and times have been changed, and effort is going into staffing, marketing, and promoting the market.   Walther Community Foundation is also partnering with the Farmers’ Market and the Paw Pack families to provide vouchers that can be used [...]

The City of Three Rivers has been granted a Recreation Passport local development grant in the amount of $26,500.  The grant will be used for improvements at the Memory Isle Skateboard Park. The Recreation Passport local grant program provides funding assistance for local government recreation needs through renovation and development of recreation facilities.  The Recreation [...]

Round up all your little goblins and ghosts, and join us on Monday, October 31, 2011 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. for free hotdogs and chips. Dress up and show us your costumes at the Scidmore Park Petting Zoo!  Feed the animals and walk through the barn! Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

As City Manager, I think it is important to point out some of the new developments occurring in our City. Even though our state, national, and local economies may be suffering, there is growth in the community. Communities like ours continue to rebuild even in the down times so we will be poised for success [...]

Please join us in celebrating the Petting Zoo and saying thank you to everyone who has supported us. Saturday, October 8th 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Scidmore Park (corner of W. Michigan Avenue and Spring Street) Free Activities include: Petting Zoo Kalamazoo Nature Center – Birds of Prey presentation Mendon Equestrian Club Pony Rides Games [...]

Scidmore Park Petting Zoo and The Downtown Dog will present The Downtown Dog Show this Saturday, August 6th at 1:00 pm! Registration begins at Noon at the Petting Zoo. Classes will include categories such as Best Trick, Best Singing Voice, and Most Obedient, and prizes will be awarded to the winners! A $6 donation to [...]

Scidmore Park Petting Zoo will feature Michigan Reptiles and Amphibians on Saturday, July 23rd at 1:00 p.m.

Cranwell’s Horned Frog, aslo known as the Pacman Frog, is a terrestrial frog from Argentina. Though generally inactive, they are aggressive eaters and are capable of leaping several body lengths in order to capture prey. They are carnivorous, feeding mostly on insects and animals similar in size them themselves. Our Eddie is 4 years old. [...]

The Eastern Box is semi-aquatic, omnivorous, and native to the eastern part of the United States. In the wild, box turtles may live 80 years or more, but in captivity they may live to only 40. Box Turtles cannot reproduce until they are 10 or 20 years of age, and 80% of those born do [...]

The ferret is a domestic mammal in the Mustelidae (weasel) family, with a life span of 7 to 10 years. Ferrets were believed to be developed from the European polecat in the middle ages and used to rid castles of rodents. They are fierce hunters and cannot be allowed near our birds or small mammals [...]