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Redevelopment commission approves $9,000 addendum to Cellar Door facade grant to replace lateral

5415326 · July 18, 2025
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Summary

After contractors discovered a failed sewer lateral and water main during final renovations, the commission approved a $9,000 addendum to a prior facade grant for the Cellar Door at 1901 Franklin Street to cover excavation and replacement of the lateral and associated sidewalk restoration.

The Michigan City Redevelopment Commission on July 14 approved a $9,000 addendum to an earlier facade grant for the Cellar Door restaurant at 1901 Franklin Street to cover an unanticipated sanitary lateral excavation and replacement.

Owner Kyle Hutch told the commission the restaurant had nearly completed interior and exterior work when heavy cleaning and plumbing revealed the sanitary lateral in the crawl space “was not functioning, basically, at all.” Contractors dug up…

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