1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

     Wednesday - 3/23:   9:00 a.m. to noon

                                         1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Open session:

     Wednesday - 3/23:   7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

     Thursday - 3/24:        9:00 a.m. to noon 

                                         1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Alma - St. Louis Water Authority Study Group

The cities of Alma and St. Louis have joined together to explore the formation of a Water Authority for the purpose of locating, treating and delivering potable water to their respective communities.  The Water Authority Study Group will consist of each city's Mayor, Manager, two Commission/Council members and a citizen volunteer from each municipality. 

The City of Alma is looking for one individual who would be interested in serving on the Water Authority Study Group.  Commitment would include meetings (possibly two per month) and reviewing documents pertaining to the creation of a Water Authority.

If you are interested in serving on the Water Authority Study Group, please send a letter of interest to Barb Gager, City Clerk via email or at PO Box 278, Alma, MI  48801-0278.  If you have any questions, please call 463-8336.

"The Last Text" 

Take a moment and pull out your phone.  Look at the last text message and read it out loud.  Now stop and think, would reading or responding to that message from behind the wheel of a moving vehicle be worth the risk of getting into an accident, or even worse?

In today's 24/7/365 world, staying connected is no longer an option. It's a necessity. With a tenfold increase in text messaging over the last three years according to CTIA - The Wireless Association, there is no question that texting is increasingly becoming the way many communicate today. And, for many, the allure to quickly read and respond - even from behind the wheel of a moving vehicle - can be tempting. But texting and driving is dangerous.

AT&T's "It Can Wait" campaign launched in March 2010, and to date, more than 21,600 consumers have taken the pledge not to text and drive on AT&T's Facebook page.  Included in their campaign is a powerful video in which individuals tell their stories on how texting and driving changed their lives.

The 10 minute video interviews police, family and friends of people permanently disabled or killed while texting/driving occurred.  While it is not limited to younger people, the risk featured in the video is greatest for them because it's how they communicate.  Please take a few minutes to watch the video and talk to your kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, friends, or students to help them understand the risk of texting/driving.  It never seems very important until it happens to you! 

(Courtesy of AT&T)

do1thing

What is do1thing? It is a 12-month program that makes it easy for you to prepare yourself, your family, and your community for emergencies and disasters. The do1thing program breaks the job of emergency preparedness into 12 smaller monthly pieces:

• Each month, the program focuses on one area of emergency preparedness and provides a variety of actions that you can take to become better prepared.
 
• If you do1thing each month, by the time a year has passed, you will have taken big steps towards preparing yourself, your family, and your community for emergencies and disasters.

If you would like to sign up for do1thing reminders or need more information, just follow the link.

Spring is Coming to Downtown Alma

The Keep Alma Beautiful (KAB) committee has scheduled its first "Alma Cleanup Day" on Saturday, April 30 downtown starting at 8:00 a.m. Everyone is encouraged to bring their shovels and wheelbarrows to help us get ready for flower planting day.  Our main focus will be cleaning up the areas around the trees.  

We're hoping that this year's flower planting event is as big of a success as last year! The KAB committee is adding four flower pots to the Pine Avenue/Superior Street corner and three flower pots on the Wright Avenue/Superior Street corner, bringing the total number of pots to 32.  If you are interested in volunteering or contributing to the KAB please call the Alma DDA Office at 463-8336.  Meet us on May 21st at 9:00 a.m. in front of the Chamber office to plant some flowers!

Alma Action Association is very excited about their 4th Annual Spring Fling Golf Outing at the Pine River Country Club.  The May 7th outing will be a nine-hole scramble, perfect for all golfers! The outing offers a great time along with the opportunity to raise some money for Alma activities and projects such as the Christmas Celebration, downtown flowers, DALMAC, parks and promoting the Alma community.  Your entry fee provides golf, lunch, and door prizes.  There are also prizes for the winning team, longest drive, and longest putt along.  Have your team wear crazy hats in honor of Derby weekend and win a prize! 

After the golf outing, join us at Bravehearts Pub for Bourbon Tasting, featuring three premium bourbons.  Enjoy and relax while watching the Kentucky Derby, a.k.a. "the most exciting 2 minutes in sports"!.  You don't have to play in the golf outing to take part in the Tasting.  If you have any questions or need additional information, please email or call Aeric Ripley at 463-8336.