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Late forester established a legacy that will keep growing BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
PARK — Driving through the Grosse Pointes, some people notice the stately homes, the lush gardens or the lakefront vistas. What caught Brian Colter’s eye was the trees. “Brian knew the trees,” said Colter’s longtime partner, Grosse Pointe Park Beautification Commission Chair Lisa Kyle. “If we were going to pick up a carryout, we’d be driving through the Grosse Pointes and he’d say, ‘Look at that tree — it’s doing great now.’ It’s because he actually really cared about that tree.” As Grosse Pointe Park’s urban forester for the last 30 years, and concurrently the urban forester for Grosse Pointe City and Grosse Pointe Farms since
ABOVE: Grosse Pointe City Forester Brian Colter talks with Maire Elementary School students about the tree they’re planting in honor of Arbor Day during a program in April 2023. LEFT: A tricolor beech is planted April 25 in honor of Brian Colter at Patterson Park. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
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Park Public Safety, Detroit Fire Department to work together when needed PARK — Grosse Pointe Park will have an additional partner when it comes to fighting and investigating fires in the future. At the behest of Park Public Safety Director James Bostock, the Park City Coun-
cil unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding between the Park and the Detroit Fire Department during a meeting April 14. Bostock said this is a “reciprocal agreement” in which both cities would supply mutual aid, when necessary, in battling fires and investigating them. “It supplements our current mutual
aid pact” with the other Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods, Bostock said. “It does not replace our mutual aid pact.” Bostock said it also “opens the doors to future training opportunities” between the departments and will “increase the community’s resilience.” In the past, Bostock said, the Park
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