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Highland Park mayor highlights grants, crime reductions and county-funded demolitions
Summary
Mayor Mara McDonald said her administration secured multiple grants — including a near-$500,000 rec-center grant and police funding for an in-house counselor — credited state assistance in resolving a large water-debt dispute she characterized as nearly $100 million in support, and noted Wayne County Land Bank funds of about $5,000,000 to tear down blighted buildings.
Mayor Mara McDonald described a series of grant awards and recovery efforts her administration says have supported Highland Park’s recovery. She said the city received an almost-$500,000 rec-center grant through the efforts of a former state congresswoman named in the transcript, and that a police grant funded an in-house counselor who rides with officers…
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