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Council to apply for $25,000 America in Bloom grant; attorney says application is not a partner contract

6439709 · October 17, 2025
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Council approved an America in Bloom grant application with assistance from Enhanced Escanaba and the DDA; the city attorney clarified that an application is not itself a binding contract and that Enhanced Escanaba’s role appears voluntary.

The Escanaba City Council voted Oct. 16 to apply for a $25,000 America in Bloom grant to fund street planters, baskets and related streetscape plantings along Ludington Street.

City staff said the grant would be submitted in the city’s name with assistance from Enhanced Escanaba and the Downtown Development Authority (DDA). Estimated total project costs are roughly $62,000; staff said the DDA and other partners would be…

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