STILL TIME TO SIGN UP FOR

EASTMAN AVENUE DESIGN SERIES

Midland citizens have until Friday, October 13 to register 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 or Midland City Hall. Interested citizens can also use a clip-out form appearing in the Midland Daily News, or in the City of Midland “At Your Service” newsletter, which was mailed this week to Midland residents.

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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