ACTIVE LIVING
North Quarter Pathways
The North Quarter Pathways weaves throughout the Creston neighborhoods and along Plainfield Avenue. It is a trail for community members to gather and to socialize as they pursue fitness. It also provides an attraction for all Grand Rapids residents to visit Creston businesses at the same time they participate in athletics.
North Quarter Walking Program
Join us every Wednesday at 205 Carrier NE at noon for a community walk! Parking is available. Contact krista@sohipcreative.com to be added to our weekly walking email.
City Parks
Saturday Morning Walking Club
You may know Young at Heart as programming for older adults, but their walks are open to all. These walks offer a variety of nearby parks and trails. The nature lovers who routinely attend will dazzle you with their knowledge of native plants and wildlife. Carpooling is an option, too. Most Saturdays at 9:30am.
Jeff Brown Yoga
Join Jeff, RYT 200, for beginner-friendly classes aimed at calming the mind and gaining more strength and freedom of movement in the body. Classes are donation-based and open to all levels of experience. Modifications and adaptations to movements and postures are offered, which includes the options of using a chair and other props.
-Mondays, 6-7 pm: Gentle Yoga at Seymour Church on Alger
-Tuesdays, 6-7 pm: Gentle Yoga at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on 3 Mile
Disc Golf
New Community Church offers an 18 hole disc golf course on its property open to the public year round. For more information, go to the New Community Church Mini-Disc Golf Facebook group page.
Lamberton Lake Fen Nature Preserve
Lamberton Lake is a kettle lake, formed by a retreating glacier over 10,000 years ago. In the millennia that followed, Lamberton Lake was surrounded by oak-hickory forest, oak savanna, and an emergent wetland. Along with the area’s unique soil composition, fire supported the development and maintenance of the prairie fen and other habitats in the preserve. While some fires occurred naturally by lightning, most were set by Native Americans, who used fire for agriculture and hunting, among other reasons. After the Europeans arrived, the fire regime changed, and expanding development in Grand Rapids drastically altered the landscape and hydrology in the land surrounding Lamberton Lake.