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Midland Business and Civic Leaders Ask for $20 million to Bolster Flood Resilience
Summary
A Midland coalition outlined multi‑year flood mitigation efforts and asked the subcommittee for $20 million in state support this cycle to advance short‑ and long‑term projects aimed at reducing flood frequency and severity.
Business leaders, local elected officials and civic groups from Midland presented to the House Appropriations Subcommittee a multi‑pronged plan to reduce the frequency and severity of flooding in the Tittabawassee watershed and requested $20,000,000 in state support phased across 2025 and 2026.
Tony Stamas, president and CEO of the Midland Business Alliance, said the coalition formed after repeated floods—including major flood stages in recent decades—and described a coordinated strategy combining short‑term resiliency projects,…
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