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JANUARY 25, 2024 Vol. 20, No. 2
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The city has secured state funding to remediate landfill sites, including the 100acre Madison Park property located across the street from the city’s newest park, Innovation Hills.
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$75M state grant to help clean up dirty sites in Rochester Hills the city of Rochester Hills.” The city, Barnett explained, has quite a few former landfills — including along School Road, Dequindre, Hamlin and more. A priority, he said, is the 100-acre Madison Park property, located across from Innovation Hills. “These properties aren’t developed … because they are nasty, dirty sites — and this money is going to go to clean those sites, and, at some point, get them ready for some kind of redevelopment, some-
ROCHESTER HILLS — The city of Rochester Hills was awarded $75 million from the state to clean up contaminated sites in the community over the next three years. “That was probably the biggest win in the history of the city, in terms of receiving a grant,” Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett said. “We worked extremely hard to get those monies to come back to
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ROCHESTER — The Rochester Hills Public Library hit a major milestone this year, celebrating a century of service. The library has deep roots in Rochester, dating back to 1924, when the residents of Avon Township voted to support a library and the first library board was appointed. “2024 is our 100th year. The voters of what was then known as Avon Township approved a millage in 1924 to build a public library, and that is basically what we are celebrating — from that day on. We’re celebrating our current location, our original location on Main Street, and everything we’ve been throughout the years,” said Betsy Raczkowski, the head of communications and community engagement at the library. The library has a number of plans spanning the entire year to pay homage to the library’s hundred-year history, buildings that served as home to the library, staff members past and present, and library traditions
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Library celebrates 100-year anniversary this year