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Lapeer commission approves $826,000 CDBG application for Opera House apartments
Summary
The Lapeer City Commission voted unanimously Feb. 2 to authorize submission of an $826,000 My Neighborhood CDBG application to rehabilitate the Lapeer Opera House’s second floor into seven apartments (51% initially income‑restricted for five years) and to pursue related historic preservation work on upper floors.
The Lapeer City Commission voted unanimously Feb. 2 to authorize the city’s Housing Improvement Department to submit an $826,000 application to the Michigan State Housing Development Authority’s My Neighborhood Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for rehabilitation of the Lapeer Opera House.
The proposal described by the applicant would renovate the second floor to create seven apartments (five one‑bedroom and two two‑bedroom units) and later rehabilitate the third‑floor opera space as an event venue. Applicant Tom LaMagna said the project includes fire suppression, upgraded utilities and historically sympathetic exterior work. He described the third floor as a restored opera house with a 20‑foot ceiling that would serve as “a…
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