MIDLANDERS REMINDED TO SIGN UP FOR

EASTMAN AVENUE DESIGN SERIES

There’s still time for Midland citizens to sign up to participate in a process that will help improve Eastman Avenue traffic.

Citizens can register for the Eastman Avenue Design Series on the City of Midland website (www.midland-mi.org) or by filling out a hard copy form available at the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library and Midland City Hall. Interested citizens can also use a clip-out form in a City of Midland “At Your Service” newsletter that will arrive in Midland residents’ mailboxes during the week of October 2.

The Eastman Avenue Design Series is a unique, three-day series of meetings that will allow citizens to help Midland decide the best improvement option for Eastman Avenue. The sessions will be held at the Midland Holiday Inn on October 25, 26, and 30, from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

The structure of the meetings will include:

• Three, three-hour meetings that will detail eight specific improvement proposals for Eastman Avenue from Wackerly Street north to Commerce Drive;
• Opportunities for questions and answers and group discussion on the improvement options; and
• Small group work to build consensus on the best improvement option to implement.

As a participant, citizens will:

• Register ahead of time and commit to participating in all three sessions;
• Receive materials before the Design Series to help prepare for the meetings;
• Once at the meetings, engage in facilitated discussion with other participants; and
• Be one element of input that helps Midland City Council decide how to improve Eastman Avenue traffic conditions.

More information and various reports on Eastman Avenue traffic issues can be found on the City’s website (www.midland-mi.org), or in hard copy form at the Government Information Center at the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library. Citizens are also welcome to call the City Manager’s Office at 989-837-3301 for more information.

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