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LOCAL LEADERS SHARE 2024 GOALS BY MARY GENSON AND MARY BETH ALMOND mgenson@candgnews.com, malmond@candgnews.com
The Eagle spoke with a leader from each municipality in the coverage area about their goals for the community in 2024.
Bingham Farms
One of Bingham Farms goals is to assist local property owners in their occupancy concerns. Since the pandemic, the need for office space has decreased, leading to vacancies. “Business owners and managers have figured out how to use less space but still achieve a certain amount of productivity, and that means that the buildings have a greater percentage of vacancies,” Bingham Farms Village Manager Ken Marten said. Another goal of Bingham Farms is to come up with a plan for road reconstruction. “Most of our village-owned public roads are at the end of their lives, and we are trying to come up with a cost effective economical plan for the reconstruction of those roads,” Marten said. Marten said they have already taken steps towards this goal by receiving estimates from engineers and are at the early stages of forming a committee to study the financing issues related to road reconstruction or rehabilitation.
ABOVE: The village of Bingham Farms hopes to come up with a plan for road reconstruction this year. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
Franklin
Franklin is in the middle of a stormwater improvement project, which is a priority of the village. They are a couple years into this project, and there are still a couple years left. Wireless phone communication is also a topic that Franklin is focused on, but some in the community have strong opinions against the addition of a new cell tower. This topic is
ABOVE: Birmingham plans to improve the safety of Woodward Avenue in 2024. LEFT: Walkability is one of the issues the village of Franklin plans to consider this year.
See GOALS on page 10A
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