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MAY 7, 2025 candgnews.com
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LEFT: Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor and Warren Mayor Lori Stone present a signed agreement between the two cities April 16 at the Defense Corridor Center for Collaboration and Synergy in Sterling Heights. ABOVE: Stone and Taylor signed a $500,000 agreement April 16 between their cities, aimed at growing the defense industry in the area. Photos by Brian Wells
‘WE’RE IMPORTANT, WE MATTER’ BY BRIAN WELLS
bwells@candgnews.com
STERLING HEIGHTS/WARREN — The mayors of the two largest cities in Macomb County have signed an agreement aimed at growing the defense industry, an industry officials referred to as a national asset. Mayors Lori Stone, of Warren, and Michael Taylor, of
STERLING HEIGHTS, WARREN ENTER INTO ARSENAL ALLIANCE AGREEMENT
Sterling Heights, signed a $500,000 agreement April 16 between their cities. The initiative is being called the Arsenal Alliance. It aims to build on the strong defense industry already present
in Macomb County by driving development, job creation and retention. Taylor said the agreement is a partnership between the two cities that will make one of the biggest industries in Macomb County even stronger. The two cities are natural partners, being that they’re so similar and share a border, he said. See AGREEMENT on page 7A
Protesters oppose Sheetz gas station replacing historic church BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com
ROSEVILLE — An art studio in Roseville served as a hub of protest April 19 involving a gas station chain replacing a piece of the city’s past. Sheetz, a Pennsylvania-based gas station and convenience store, is set to move
into the space currently occupied by Apple Annie’s Kitchen & Bakery and the Catholic Community of Sacred Heart church. The church property dates back to 1861, though there have been different buildings on the property throughout the years. The church closed Jan. 23, 2017, and has been vacant in the following years. The new Sheetz was approved at the
Roseville Planning Commission’s Feb. 3 meeting. No further action is required by the Roseville City Council following the unanimous approval of the commission. “The city could not back out of it,” Roseville Assistant City Manager Glenn Sexton said. “The site plan has been approved. The sale of the property is between two private individuals. We have nothing to do with
the sale. If we revoked our site plan approval or revoked the zoning, I would suspect we would be opening ourselves up to some liabilities.” Sexton said if the sellers worked out something with a new entity, things could change. He said the city has not been approached recently by another entity interSee SHEETZ on page 9A