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Resident criticizes township business support and bridge financing during public comment
Summary
A resident urged the township to better support local businesses, described maintenance problems at a township-leased restaurant, and raised concerns about the bridge purchase, tolling and disclosure; township representatives directed the speaker to the township board and suggested participation in economic-development bodies.
During the public comment period at the planning commission meeting, resident Jacqueline Lash urged township officials to take action on commercial vitality and bridge financing and described operational problems she said she experienced while working at a township-leased restaurant.
Lash identified herself as a Grosse Ile resident and former Smokies employee and said township-leased equipment — including coolers and a walk-in freezer at the restaurant — was not reliably repaired while she worked there. "We were literally icing down food to serve to the public," Lash said, adding that poor equipment maintenance contributed to the business’s failure to remain open.
Lash also told the…
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