other recreation expenses.
Edwards was particularly critical
of the plan to renovate the historic
Central Middle School into the
Plymouth Arts and Recreation
Complex (PARC), stating at a pub-
lic meeting that his plans had
“been tossed aside” in favor of the
cooperative effort with the city.
Township Supervisor Shannon
Price has also been critical of the
PARC, claiming that the organiz-
ers have “no business plan.”
Price, who was appointed to the
supervisor's position with
Edwards' support, claims that the
PARC would not benefit township
residents who would be asked to
vote for and pay a special millage
to support the entity.
Dwyer and Pobur, along with
City Commissioner Dan Dalton,
obviously disagree.
In his letter of support for
Heise, the five-time mayor notes
that he typically does not get
involved in elections in nearby
communities. He made this
endorsement, he said, because
the township and city have histor-
ically been an example of region-
al cooperation, until the past few
years when relations have been
“strained.”
“Our two communities need
healing and must move forward
together,” he said. In his letter of
endorsement, he touts Heise's
long list of accomplishments dur-
ing his political career and the
benefit he has provided to both
communities.
Pobur said that she has been
vocal about asking Price to
rescind the resolution preventing
the communities from working
cooperatively on any project and
he has refused to do so.
She added that Heise will
bring non-partisan, collaborative
leadership to our community and
“ He will never use children or
seniors as political pawns.”
While Dalton, a practicing
attorney, did not criticize Price
openly, in his endorsement, he
urged voters to supportHeise.
“His track record of success is
outstanding and Plymouth
Township would be fortunate to
have himin charge,”Dalton said.
Price has maintained that his
failure to support the PARC proj-
ect is an effort to protect township
taxpayers and cited the recent
partial resolution of a long-stand-
ing dispute between the city and
the township regarding legacy
costs for fire department person-
nel as an example of cooperation.
The city has agreed to pay the
township a partial payment of
$330,000 toward the costs which
Edwards at one time claimed
were more than $4 million. The
costs were incurred while the city
and township were served by one
fire department, funded by both
communities. That arrangement,
which had been in place for 17
years, was acrimoniously dis-
solved in 2012. The City of
Plymouth is now served by on-call
firefighters from the City of
Northville.
Last week, Price said that he
and Dwyer “had been working
hard at this” and that “it's been a
priority for both of us.”
In his letter of support for
Heise, Dwyer noted that the abili-
ty of the township and city to
“work together on recreation, arts
and culture, seniors and emer-
gency services “has been nega-
tively impacted.”
Dwyer said that Heise would,
“put people before politics and
help restore trust between our
communities.”
Dwyer added Monday, "The
City of Plymouth is going to nego-
tiate in good faith with whomever
they (the township) want us to,
except RonEdwards."
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Grub Crawl tickets on sale
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ORTHVILLE
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LYMOUTH
Blaze destroys homes
The cause of a Saturday evening fire on Sycamore Drive in Plymouth Township remains under
investigation by officials. Two condominium units were destroyed in the blaze, according to fire offi-
cials, and several other units were evacuated. According to reports, the fire spread from a rear deck
to the interior of the structure. Plymouth Township Fire Chief Dan Phillips said the first alarm came in
at 7:43 p.m. July 25, and the first fire unit from Station 1 was on scene at 7:50 p.m. The Plymouth
Fire Department called for mutual aid from Plymouth-Northville Fire Department, Northville
Township and Livonia. Twenty firefighters were activated from the four departments and extin-
guished the fire in about half an hour. Phillips estimated the damages at $250,000.
Photo by Don Howard
Tickets are now on sale for
the 11th Annual Northville Grub
Crawl planned for 6:30-9:30 July
19.
Participants will be able to
sample signature specialties
from participating restaurants
offering appetizers and entrée
items along with cash bar spe-
cials. The $30 ticket includes
optional shuttle transportation
to eachparticipating restaurant.
Participating this year are:
Brann's Sizzlin'Steaks & Sports
Grill, Brick's of Northville,
French Toast Bistro, Northville
Center Brewery with Tony
Sacco's Pizza, Northville Sports
Den, Poole's Tavern/Bak Bar,
Rusty Bucket Park Place,
Northville Winery with Fresh
Thyme Farmers' Market, Rusty
Bucket Restaurant and Tavern
and WOK Asian Bistro.
Restaurants can still apply to
participate.
Tickets, available for those 21
or older, are available at Good
Time Party Store or the
Northville
Chamber
of
Commerce. Tickets have sold out
in past years, so early purchase
is advised by organizers. Tickets
are available by mail this year at
The Northville Grub Crawl is
sponsored by: Community
Choice Credit Union, with assis-
tance from Good Time Party
Store and Remerica Hometown
One-PattiMullen&Associates
Formore information, contact
the Northville Chamber of
Commerce at
ville.org.
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