Pine Ave. Traffic Study

The City of Alma and the Alma Public Schools are investigating traffic safety issues along Pine Avenue. A traffic safety expert has been engaged to evaluate pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle safety within the Pine Avenue corridor. An important element of the evaluation are focus group meetings with stakeholders to identify areas of community concern relating to the safety and convenience of all travelers.

A series of focus group meetings are being held to collect community input into the traffic safety study and to provide a means of engaging citizens in developing solutions to issues they feel are important to addressing traffic and pedestrian safety along the Pine Avenue corridor.  Meeting dates are as follows:

March 25, 2014:  1:30 p.m.

Alma Public School Transportation Center 

March 25, 2014:  6:30 p.m.

Alma Middle School  Media Center

March 26, 2014:  7:00 a.m.

Wilcox Auditorium - MidMichigan Medical Center

March 26, 2014:  6:30 p.m.

Wilcox Auditorium - MidMichigan Medical Center

Follow the link to see a copy of the Proposed Work Plan.  If you have any questions, please feel free to call Ron Turner at 463-8346. 

Don't forget to submit your banner art ideas for the 3rd Annual "Gratiot Downtown Art Exposition". Alma, St. Louis and Ithaca are partnering to bring locally produced art to our downtowns in the form of painted banners. If you are or know of an "artist" and would like to participate, please download the information brochure/entry form before March 4th and submit your idea for the committee's review. If you have questions, please call Aeric at 463-8336.

2014 Board of Review

Wednesday - 19:  9:00 a.m. to noon & 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Open session:

Wednesday - 3/19: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Thursday - 3/20: 9:00 a.m. to noon & 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

On February 14th, the Gratiot Area Water Authority approved a contract for construction to expand the water treatment plant located at 200 N. Lincoln. Construction on the water treatment plant will increase the plant's capacity from its current four million gallons per day to six million gallons per day. Construction at the water treatment plant is expected to take nineteen months to complete and should start sometime in April.

Water Conservation Tips

Follow the tips below for saving water indoors:

Bathroom

Bathroom use accounts for about 75 percent of the water used inside the home. 

• Check regularly for any leaks in your toilet, faucets and water hose bibs and fix them. Water saved: up to 200 gallons per day.
• Install a low-flow showerhead. Water saved: about 2 gallons per minute.
• Replace older, larger-use toilets with the newer higher efficiency toilets. Water saved: .5 to 5 gallons per flush.
• Take short showers and save the baths for special occasions. Water saved: 2 to 5 gallons per minute.

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Red Cross Blood Drives

The American Red Cross asks eligible blood donors to give something that means something this winter. Give a gift that can help save a life--a blood donation.

Tuesday, March 4:  noon - 5:45 p.m.

Ithaca Community Center 

Monday, March 17: 9:00 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Breckenridge High School    

Wednesday, March 19:  11:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Alma College Stone Rec Center  

Monday, March 24:  noon - 5:45 p.m.

St. Louis Church of God

Thursday, March 27:  1:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.

Alma Public Library

To schedule your appointment, you may call 1-800-Red-Cross, 989-463-3209 or visit www.redcrossblood.org.