Thursday, February 7, 2013
A problem with the previous water source from Highland Park has led to a contract between the Country Club of Detroit and Grosse Pointe Farms for irrigation water service.
The Grosse Pointe Farms council approved a two-year contract this week between the city and the Country Club of Detroit for water service after the private club had to find a new provider when Highland Park closed their water treatment plant. Farms City Manager Shane Reeside detailed the contract to council under new business and explained the relationship should be mutually beneficial to both parties. For the Farms, it will generate additional income without putting demand on the water system during peak hours and for the club it alleviates the lack of an irrigation water source, Reeside said. The contract calls for a rate of $11.76 per metric cubic foot (MCF) of water for usage; $41.04 per (MCF) for the first 50,000 cubic feet of sewage …
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
After numerous demands, an intern dorm, a new barn and an upgrade to the paddle tennis courts at the 99-year-old club in Grosse Pointe Farms gets unanimous approval from city council members.
After making numerous demands, the Grosse Pointe Farms City Council unanimously approved a site plan request by the Country Club of Detroit Monday for an expansion that includes the addition of a six-bedroom dormitory for interns, the upgrade of its paddle tennis courts and a new maintenance barn to replace one that burned. Hidden in the discussion is that the club will be one of the first, if not the first, in Michigan to offer intern housing on club grounds. The building will have room for six interns studying for college degrees related to fields such as turf management, hospitality and other aspects of operating a golf course and country club. The site plan request was related to construction of a maintenance barn to replace a …
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
A visit to Grosse Pointe in 1932 revealed a little known fact about the carefully crafted image of the world's most famous aviatrix, Amelia Earhart.
Amelia Earhart may have been lost at sea more than 70 years ago, but she’s still making headlines. The past few months have yielded numerous news stories in which The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) purported to have found her bone fragments. The research is still inconclusive. National Geographic even has a team of scientists trying to retrieve a DNA sample from traces of saliva that may be on her old letters. Before she lost her life and the mystery of her death became the preoccupation of millions for generations, she had already solidified her place in history. Earhart was an icon before she was lost in the Pacific, and her emergence as the aviatrix célèbre of her time was not solely a function of her …
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Todd
2:50 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
From the GPNews article this sounds like a pretty good plan for everyone involved. more ›