ROSEVILLE HOOPS FINDS SUCCESS 8A MARCH 22, 2023 • Vol. 42, No. 6
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New city manager hopes to help Roseville grow, attract families BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
ROSEVILLE — Once a month, members of the Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of Commerce meet for a “coffee hour” to network and share information. The monthly get-togethers are free to chamber members — many of them business owners and from nonprofit organizations — while nonmembers pay $5 per meeting. This month’s meeting, held March 7 at the Community Choice Credit Union in Roseville, gave new Roseville City Manager Ryan Monroe the opportunity to introduce himself and receive feedback from attendees. At the Jan. 10 Roseville City Council meeting, the council members appointed Monroe as the new city manager. He had previously been the city’s chief of police. At the coffee hour, Monroe said that, along with his city manager duties, he also will serve as Roseville’s police commissioner. Monroe’s family has deep roots in Roseville. Five generations of his family have lived in the city — even before it was called Roseville — including his great-great grandfather, who lived on a farm on Little Mack Avenue. As city manager, Monroe wants to “make Roseville attractive to bring families to our community.”
Roseville City Manager Ryan Monroe gives a brief presentation at the Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of Commerce coffee hour March 7 at Community Choice Credit Union in Roseville. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
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Macomb County prosecutor charges Eastpointe mayor with fraud EASTPOINTE — The latest event in a long line of controversies involving Eastpointe’s mayor has her facing a fraud charge in district court.
Eastpointe Mayor Monique Owens was arraigned March 9 in the 41B District Court in Clinton Township on one charge of false pretenses $1,000 or more but less than $20,000, which is a five-year felony. “Mayor Monique Owens allegedly fraudulently applied for a grant under the
‘CARES ACT’ in November 2020,” the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release. “Owens received $10,000 from the Macomb County grant.” In April 2020, Macomb County received $152 million through the federal CARES Act — an acronym for the Coro-
navirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act — which was then spread throughout the county. Owens, 39, was arraigned by Magistrate Ryan Zemke, who set a $10,000 personal bond. See MAYOR on page 13A
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