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The City of Saline will host a public forum on downtown Green Space at 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 6 in the council chambers at Saline City Hall, 100 N. Harris St.
The purpose of the forum is to discuss Saline green spaces. The forum will give people a chance to ask questions about the vision for green space, share thoughts and feedback, and learn more about how it could enhance the community.
Language around the project continues to change. For months it was called a public space or gathering space. For months, the city had targeted the West Henry Street Parking Lot, which hosts events like the Farmers Market or Oktoberfest, as potential home for a gathering place. Now the city is considering a plan to join Tyler Kinley's private project behind Murphy's Crossing (Mac's, Carrigan Cafe, etc.) for a potential gathering place.
The city struck a committee to study the issue and have findings to council soon.
Moderate rain, with a high of 56 and low of 34 degrees. Overcast in the morning, thundery outbreaks in nearby in the afternoon, patchy rain nearby for the evening, overcast overnight.
Interesting. As the schools are funded by tax-payer dollars, "the people" paid for that report . . . . and it has to do with our public/publicly funded schools. Hard to understand why the Board is deciding to and/or thinks they can keep it private. Disappointing (to put it mildly) and concerning.