Change in federal grant program delays project; council and DDA members believe splitting project over 2013 and 2014 would harm businesses.
It’s official — Fenton’s Streetscape project will begin in early spring 2014. City council approved the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) recommendation, to have the construction take place over one season instead of two, and to wait until 2014 to try to secure up to $1.5 million in grant funding. DDA Director Michael Burns, also assistant city manager, said the DDA has been working on Streetscape since 2010. It intended the project to begin this spring and for construction to take place in 2013, but the federal government changed how a grant program Fenton applied for is set up. Fenton has support for up to $500,000 through the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) through this grant program, which it applied for in April, Burns…
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Fenton City Council met Monday.
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Owners plan to preserve historical building while renovating and celebrating it, Catallo says.
Plans for the Fenton Fire Hall restaurant include the addition of a third floor (on top of the current roof) with a retractable glass roof, long communal tables, its own bar — and a fire pit in the center, said Curt Catallo from Clarkston Union, one of the owners. At Thursday’s meeting, the planning commission held public hearings on a proposed rezoning and special land use for the restaurant, to be located in the old fire hall, and approved a site plan review for it. The proposed rezoning and special land use, which is for outdoor seating, will go to city council for its approval. The rezoning would be from Parks & Cemeteries to Central Business District/Planned Unit Development, like the rest of the downtown, said Fenton planning …
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The planning commission discussed the Fenton Fire Hall restaurant at Thursday's meeting.
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Dibblevilleresident
7:01 am on Monday, December 3, 2012
The additional investment is recognized and appreciated but this design aesthetic is absolutely awful. Please look to the Fenton Community Center for guidance on how to add on to a historic building but maintain aesthetic and architectural integrity. This design adds no value to "Historic Dibbleville". I'm afraid a geodesic dome over the gazebo will be next. more ›