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Grosse Ile DDA agrees to restart Island Nights, approves event grants and moves social district toward launch
Summary
After public appeals, the Grosse Ile Downtown Development Authority approved reimbursable event grants and two $1,000 expenditures to restart Island Nights and said it will support a social district once businesses complete state inspections.
The Grosse Ile Downtown Development Authority voted to resume Island Nights and approved reimbursable event grants and two $1,000 event expenditures to support Island Nights dates in July and August.
The decision followed public comment from residents and business owners urging the DDA to restore the summertime Island Nights series on Macomb Street. Pauline Muscat, who said she wrote a petition, told the board, “The purpose of this petition is to encourage the Grosse Ile Township and Downtown Development Authority to resume facilitation of Island Knights.”
Why it matters: Island Nights had previously been a regular monthly event on Macomb Street that residents and merchants said helped activate the business district, supported vendors without brick-and-mortar spaces and brought families to the street. Restarting the series is tied to other activation efforts, including a newly approved social…
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