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GPPSS asking voters for 3-mill sinking fund levy BY K. MICHELLE MORAN
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See SINKING FUND on page 30A
Grosse Pointe Woods resident David Bourgeois, a longtime disc golf player, demonstrates the game during a ribboncutting Oct. 2 at the Ahee Jewelers Disc Golf Course, which Bourgeois designed. Photo by K. Michelle Moran
New recreation amenity in Woods soars into Ghesquiere Park BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
WOODS — Grosse Pointe Woods residents and others in the community have a new outdoor amenity they can enjoy year-round. Woods officials marked the grand open-
ing of a nine-hole disc golf course at Ghesquiere Park with a ribbon-cutting Oct. 2. The course, a joint effort between the city and its nonprofit, the Grosse Pointe Woods Foundation, was made possible by gifts from Ahee Jewelers, the Rotary Club of Grosse Pointe See DISC GOLF on page 29A
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GROSSE POINTES/HARPER WOODS — With aging buildings and substantial infrastructure needs, Grosse Pointe Public School System officials are seeking voter approval of a 10-year, 3-mill sinking fund levy this fall to pay for some of those expenditures. The current five year, 1-mill levy will expire in December 2024. That millage generates roughly $3.5 million annually, but the Grosse Pointe Board of Education opted to ask for a larger millage this time because a 2022 capital assessment report found that the district needs more than $252 million worth of improvements. The 3-mill levy is expected to generate $11.1 million in its first year. A sinking fund is different from a bond because, as the district explained in a brochure about the millage, sinking funds “do not require the added costs of debt service.” In the GPPSS, the sinking fund is mainly used for facility needs, such as parking lots, building repairs,
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