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VOL. 137, NO. 36
Networking events
planned in Chelsea
McMahon to address
importance of new
gateway initiative
By Sean Dalton
Heritage Newspapers
A speed networking event
will take place today from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Chelsea
Comfort Inn. The event caters to our entire area.”
entrepreneurs,
professionals
and specialists “It is a great way
in the commu-
nity. to get to learn
Business
owners from about the variety
Jackson,
Chelsea,
of businesses in
Pinckney and
other areas will
the area.”
converge on
Chelsea to meet BOB PIERCE
and learn about
each other and
the various businesses that
operate in the region.
The event will involve face
time with up to 17 businesses
with four minutes devoted to
each fast-paced interaction,
during which participants will
pitch their own businesses but
also spread the word about busi-
nesses they have learned about. another opportunity centered
“The speed networking proj-
ect is very similar to an event
that we held a couple of years
ago,” Chelsea Area Chamber of both inside and outside of
Commerce Director Bob Pierce Washtenaw County.
said. “It’s a great way to get to
learn about the variety of busi- for people to tap into a great
nesses in the area, and in this
case it’s a very strong regional
event.”
Pierce said the intent is to
focus on bolstering the region
from a business and tourism
standpoint in a bid to shift
thinking from competing with
other Michigan communities
Planning Commission
revises master plan
By Daniel Lai
Heritage Newspapers
The Lyndon Township
Planning Commission will host
a public hearing to address any
questions about its proposed
township master plan at 7 p.m.
Sept. 16 at the township hall.
The master plan provides rec-
ommendations for protection of
rural character, farmland, and
natural resources; residential,
commercial, and industrial
develop-
LYNDON TWP. ment;
roads; and
public
facilities and services.
“We’re excited about it. We’ve
been working on the master
plan for almost two years,”
chairman Leon Moore said.
Moore said unlike previous
years, where the master plan
was simply revised with new
amendments, the commission
rewrote several sections.
“This is our first major
rewrite in probably 15 years,”
he said.
Moore said the goal of the
commission was to preserve the
“rural recreation” aspect of the
township.
“We noticed how impor-
tant recreation is to Lyndon
Township, especially when 52
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to competing with major metro-
politan areas like Chicago.
“I’ve often thought that
our competition is not our
local communities – we’re
actually competing against
places like Chicago, Cleveland,
Indianapolis and Cincinnati,”
Pierce said. “Working with
regional partnerships and col-
laborations is a way to promote
The speed net-
working event will
be followed up on
Sept. 15 by “The
Dollars and Sense
of Protecting
Community
Character,” a gate-
way community
event where par-
ticipants will have
an opportunity to
share information
and resources with
each other before
Ed McMahon of the Urban
Land Institute discusses the
importance of gateway com-
munities.
McMahon is an expert on
creating and sustaining livable
and prosperous communities,
Pierce said.
Pierce said the event is
in Chelsea that is intended to
draw interest from business
owners and professionals from
“This is a unique opportunity
deal of experience and exper-
tise,” Pierce said. “McMahon is
experienced in economic devel-
opment, tourism promotion,
and historic preservation.”
The event will be held at 500
Washington St. and will begin
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percent of the land is owned by
the state,” he said.
Some of the changes in the
master plan include preserving
the current lake residential
zone and creating two more
zones –– traditional and lake
conservation.
“The traditional lake resi-
dential zone applies to existing
communities or plotted subdivi-
sions around the lakes,” Moore
said.
Under the old master plan,
land plots under 1.2 acres were
considered “non-conforming.”
“The new plan basically takes
care of that,” he said.
The commission also revised
its sewer use policy.
“Under the old plan, munici-
pal sewers were only to be used
for existing homes or homes
with existing problems,” Moore
said.
The new language allows for
sewers to protect lake quality in
communities around the lakes
as long as it does not create
dense population around the
lakes.
A third change in the master
plan addresses private roads.
“The old plan did not allow
for the creation of new private
roads,” Moore said. “The new
plan allows for new private
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Students Samantha Gillman (left) and Elsa Ford work on an activity at Beach Middle School.
Back to school
Beach Middle School
holds orientation for
sixth grade students
By Krystle Dunham
Special Writer
Students entering the sixth
grade at Beach Middle School
may have an easier transition
with the help of the school’s
new mentoring program.
Beach Middle School, located
at 445 Mayer Drive, held a sixth
grade orientation for its stu-
dents Aug. 31.
The orientation introduced
the students to the middle
school and gave the children
the opportunity to meet their
eighth grade mentor that they
will work with during the
school year.
Principal Patrick Little
said the new mentoring pro-
gram, which is called “Where
Everybody
CHELSEA Belongs,”
is new this
year at the
middle school. The idea behind
the program is to help elemen-
tary school students make an
easier transition to middle
school with help from a mentor.
Each sixth grade student will
receive a WEB mentor that they
will be able to go to for help and
support throughout the school
year.
“We’re just trying to tackle
the problem head on,” Little
said.
This is the first year that
Beach Middle School will now
Photo by Krystle Dunham
Eighth grade mentor Michael Wheeler (left) plays a game with
sixth grade student Brady Friss (far right) as sixth grade stu-
dents Joshua Wilkerson (middle left), Samantha Gillman, Cody
Friday and Elsa Ford watch.
teach sixth grade through
eighth grade. The change has
occurred due to the closing of
Pierce Lake Elementary School
last year. Little said in order
for an eighth grade student to
become a mentor they had to
apply by filling out an appli-
cation and writing an essay
on themselves that provided
details on the school activities
they are involved in and what
extracurricular activities they
do outside of school.
From the group of students
that applied, eighth grade math
teacher Brian Boos, eighth
grade English teacher Kathryn
McCalla and Little determined
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
which students would be men-
tors for the school year.
“We were looking for a
diverse group,” Little said. “We
wanted them to all be able to
relate to the students.
“They all have good people
skills and that’s what we want-
ed.”
There were 44 students
picked as mentors who were
trained for two days prior to
orientation. Two mentors, a
boy and a girl, will have eight
students to work with for the
school year.
“At this age boys relate to
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