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Wednesday, September 01 2010 10:35 pm |
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HOLLY, Michigan – Ryan Bladzik says of the 1,993 surveys that were sent out to random homes in the Holly Area School district, 265 were returned, giving the Holly Area Economic Development Task Force a 13 percent return rate, and a 95 percent confidence interval of +/- 6 percent.
Bladzik, the owner/principal of Great Lakes Marketing and Communications and a member of the EDTF, volunteered his services in developing a 37-question survey covering a wide assortment of demographics including employment, consumer and dining habits, opinions and attitudes, lifestyle information, media information and activities and hobbies. The survey was designed to give area businesses and organizations key information in spurring economic growth in the general Holly area. The surveys went out in May and had a deadline of July 31 for their return.
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Thursday, August 26 2010 10:40 am |
Chief Rollie Gackstetter. HOLLY, Michigan – In response to Holly Township’s recent invitation to a shared regional services meeting, Holly officials have been hard at work, putting together a plan for potentially consolidating and collaborating on police, fire and EMS services.
At the request of Village President Pete Clemens, Chief of Police Rollie Gackstetter presented the facts of the plan on Aug. 24 to council members for their approval prior to upcoming meeting with Holly , Groveland and Rose township officials.
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Wednesday, August 25 2010 9:11 am |
Marsha Powers listens as Coun...
HOLLY, Michigan – Holly’s village chambers were packed Tuesday evening as many members of the community came out to learn the fate of Village Manager Marsha Powers.
Powers came under fire this week after council members realized that the village of Holly was in court last week regarding three sets of unfair labor practice charges filed by village workers belonging to Teamsters Local 214. While Village President Pete Clemens said Powers had briefed him prior to last week’s proceedings, other council members said they had limited information, or has absolutely no knowledge of the hearing until after the fact.
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Wednesday, August 25 2010 11:02 am |
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HOLLY, Michigan – After nearly 8 months without a director, Holly’s Downtown Development Authority once again has a person at its helm – Holly resident, Hope Ponsart.
Ponsart replaces former DDA Director Suzanne Perreault who resigned from the village of Holly last January after accepting the DDA director position in Lake Orion.
Ponsart, 48, moved to Holly with her husband, Tom 5 years ago and said it was Holly’s rural appeal that lured the couple from Royal Oak. “We wanted to be in the country – to have more space,” Ponsart said. “I grew up in a small town in Massachusetts so that aspect of Holly really appeals to me, too.”
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Monday, August 23 2010 7:33 pm |
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HOLLY, Michigan – Judge Julia C. Stern, an administrative law judge for the Michigan State Office of the Administrative Hearings and Rules listened to testimony last week in which the village of Holly faces three sets of unfair labor charges from village union workers who are members of Teamsters Local 214.
The two-day hearing occurred at the Michigan Employment Relations Commission in Detroit on Aug. 16 and 17. While Councilman Bill Kuyk attended both days of the hearing, other council members maintain that they were given minimal information about the proceedings or were unaware of them altogether.
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