Royal Oak Mayor Urges Support Of Civic Center Plan

ROYAL OAK, MI — From public safety, recreation and recycling to continued residential development, Royal Oak Mayor Michael Fournier covered all of the bases in his recent State of the City address. He called for continued investments in Royal Oak’s civic and parking facilities.

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“The civic center plan addresses several community-driven priorities including, better public safety, better delivery of city services, more parking downtown (and) a central park -- attracting office users to the downtown and maintaining a stronger financial position (for the city) through efficiencies and diversification,” Fournier said, according to a Royal Oak Tribune report.

“We’re committed to improving our tree canopy,” which covers about the third of the city, the mayor said. “This budget year adds $20,000 to help replace trees removed from the public right-of- way. We have also committed an additional $150,000 from (federal block grants) to fund tree planting.”

For more, go to the Royal Oak Tribune.

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