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Residents urge preservation of coal tipple, seek details on public-safety millage and praise downtown hotel plans

6406545 · June 17, 2025
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Summary

At the public comment period, residents urged the council to preserve the historic coal tipple and depot, praised a proposed downtown hotel and walkability work, and asked for clearer spending details on a proposed 2-mill public safety millage.

During the June 16 public comment period at the Grand Haven City Council meeting, several residents raised separate matters including historic preservation, downtown development, walkability and the proposed public-safety millage.

Ken Formsma (317 Terrell) urged preservation of the city’s coal tipple and depot, calling them the only publicly accessible remnants of Grand Haven’s railroad history and urging the council to protect the…

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