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JULY 9, 2025 Vol. 38, No. 14
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City announces 20 South Main purchase agreement MOUNT CLEMENS — The city of Mount Clemens announced on June 27 it had entered into a purchase agreement with Oakland University for its Anton/Frankel Center campus at 20 South Main Street. The city intends to purchase the build-
ing pending a 60-day due diligence period, after which it intends to convert 20 South Main into a new City Hall and station for the city’ Fire Department. Plans to move City Hall have circulated for around five years as redeveloping the waterfront has been one of the city’s strategic goals. There was also a 2017 estimate that showed renovating the City Hall at 1
Crocker Boulevard would cost “millions,” according to Mayor Laura Kropp. Knowing the university had offered the city 20 South Main in the past, news of changes with Oakland University’s Macomb County presence led to city officials taking their shot at the building. “We had heard that Oakland was going to cease operations at its Mount Clemens
facility at 20 South Main,” Kropp said. “I inquired with some folks who were involved in that original deal to see if maybe that would be feasible to start looking at an opportunity … I knew that there were plans that had existed at some point, some renderings that showed City Hall would fit there. The opportunity presented itself and we acted.” See PURCHASE on page 13A
Bold colors, unique canvases at Art Center solo show BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
MOUNT CLEMENS — The first floor of the Anton Art Center is now playing host to an artist’s debut at the gallery. “A History of Dreams: Paintings and Objects by Michael Ross” features a collection of works by Ross, a curator in Highland Park who got his first formal training at Oakland University. “That’s when I learned some of the basics of See ART on page 14A
FAR LEFT: Works from Michael Ross adorn the first-floor gallery of the Anton Art Center. NEAR LEFT: Michael Ross. Images provided by Anton Art Center
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