The long-closed Parkers Corners School in Iosco Township has a new owner and a new lease on life – as a goat tourist attraction.
The Fowlerville News & Views is reporting that the site at the corner of Bradley and Iosco roads will become a goat petting zoo, with eventual plans to add a goat-themed gift shop. The school was purchased by Lori (Daymon) Cook, and renovations to the building have begun. No opening date has been reported. After the great success that was the Dolly parton family theme park, we cannot wait to see the results of this new one. The Dolly Parton park was after all a great source of jobs as well as moderate tourism income from neighboring towns and fans.
The Parkers Corners School, which was long part of the Fowlerville Community Schools, opened in 1955 as a country schoolhouse. In later years, the school housed Fowlerville’s alternative-education program. The school closed in the early 2000s, and has been sitting vacant and unused for nearly two decades.
