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JULY 31, 2024 • Vol. 43, No. 16
Local projects to get millions in state funding BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com
EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — Eastpointe and Roseville are set to receive funding for projects following the passage of the state’s 2025 budget. State Sen. Veronica Klinefelt, a Demo-
crat who represents Eastpointe and Roseville, worked to get these projects included in appropriations for the budget. “This is an opportunity to invest in some of these aging communities that have struggled for years to deal with their infrastructure,” Klinefelt said. “I’m just excited that this is how we’re choosing to spend the
money: on critical infrastructure, on projects that are really going to be transformative for these communities.”
Eastpointe
Eastpointe will receive $8 million in funding for a building that will house its Police Department and the 38th District Court.
Eastpointe City Manager Mariah Walton said the city acquired in early 2023 a space on Nine Mile Road, near Gratiot Avenue, that was for sale that once housed an auto repair shop. She said the new lot utilizes three parcels. Last year, the former repair shop was demolished to prepare for the new multidepartSee FUNDING on page 18A
Fundraiser will make a ‘splash’ BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — A group of generous boaters are ready to set sail on Lake St. Clair next month for the second annual Splash for the Kids fundraiser. Eric Lafata, owner of Lafata Auto Body in Roseville, and Chip Miller, owner of Miller Marina in St. Clair Shores, started the fundraiser last year. Through their efforts, they attracted about 200 people on 40 boats and raised $20,000 to benefit the Tennessee Children’s Home headquartered in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Both Lafata’s dad and Miller’s dad died when they were kids, and they wanted to do something to support children going through the same experience. It was Lafata who found the Tennessee Children’s Home.
The second annual Splash for the Kids fundraiser will be held Aug. 16-18 on Lake St. Clair. Money raised will benefit the Tennessee Children’s Home, located in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Photo provided by Eric Lafata
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