Ovid Awarded $68,000 MDOT Grant

Clinton County was one of eight counties to receive a Transportation Economic Develoment Fund (TEDF) grant from the State of Michigan.  The Village of Ovid will receive a $68,000 grant with $20,000 in local match for road enhancements related to Michigan Milk Produces Association (MMPA) plant expansion.  The Clinton County Economic Alliance (CCEA) assisted the village with their grant application.

MMPA is preceeding with plans to install a $26.6 million dryer plant to increase processing capacity, in addition to an initial $35 million investment to expand and optimize the current plant.  The expansion and other recent investments will result in the creation of five new jobs.

Williams Street provides the only all-season access to the facility, but a county drain intersects the roadway in the middle of a sharp curve just west of the MMPA facility.  Milk tankers with long wheelbases cannot easily navigate the curve without leaving their lanes, resulting in multiple impacts with the guardrails protecting the drain.  The grant will help extend the drain culvert, increase the radius of the curve, and add new guardrail.

The MMPA plant in Ovid processes raw whole milk into butter and non-fat dry milk.  MMPA has been committed to Michigan's dairy industry for over 91 years and is an important part of Clinton County's dairy industry.