Ron Olson's Challenge

Can he save Michigan's state parks?

by Chris Berggren

posted 6/30/2009

It’s not easy being Ron Olson these days. Olson, who headed Ann Arbor’s parks system for twenty years, now runs the parks and recreation division of Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources. And managing one of the nation’s largest parks systems with no state tax revenues during a deep recession is a challenge.

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