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Chamber hosts Eastpointe’s State of the City address BY MARIA ALLARD
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EASTPOINTE — Residents, local dignitaries and business owners gathered March 2 at the Lutheran Fraternities of America No. 57 for Eastpointe’s annual State of the City address.
The luncheon gave Mayor Monique Owens the opportunity to provide highlights of the city’s progress over the past year. Eastpointe Community Schools Superintendent Christina Gibson and 38th District Court Judge Kathleen Galen also gave presentations. The Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of
Commerce organized the event. The cost to attend was $25 per chamber member and $30 per nonmember.
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Owens focused on three areas: community development, infrastructure investments and financial outlook.
Property for a new police and district court building was purchased next to the current building. According to Owens’ speech, the new building will provide enough space for the current operations of the court and Police Department. “The design phase is next,” she said. See CITY on page 12A
County begins project in Eastpointe to reduce combined sewer overflows BY BRIAN WELLS bwells@candgnews.com
EASTPOINTE — Macomb County Public Works has begun an underground infrastructure project in Eastpointe aimed at reducing combined sewer overflows into Lake St. Clair. Excavation on what the department is calling an “in-system storage” project is underway on Beaconsfield Avenue, south of Nine Mile Road in Eastpointe. Workers are digging to reach a sewer pipe set about 50 feet below ground, according to a press release. A section of the pipe, which is 11.5 feet in diameter, will be cut away to allow for the installation of a rubber weir, which can be inflated during a heavy rain event and then released so the flow can be sent to the Great Lakes Water Authority’s Detroit wastewater plant for proper treatment, rather than being discharged into Lake St. Clair, the press release states. “Macomb County is very focused on protecting our Great Lakes water quality,” Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller stated in the re-
Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller, center, discusses a construction project aimed at reducing combined sewer overflows into Lake St. Clair with engineers.
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