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PLYMOUTH - ROMULUS
PLYMOUTH - ROMULUS

Amazon to refurbish former Spartan warehouse

The long-vacant Spartan Detroit this year. The Plymouth although Heise said that number
warehouse and distribution cen- Township center will sort and ” could increase. Heise described
ter in Plymouth Township will categorize smaller packages and Amazon will add about 30,000 square feet the selection of Plymouth
soon become an Amazon facility. is expected to begin operations Township one of the five new
The on-line retailer will con- this summer. to the facility at a cost of $2.5 million. sites planned by Amazon as an
vert the former grocery facility, Plymouth Township “honor” and called the new cen-
located on Haggerty Road, across Supervisor Kurt Heise said the ter a “big win for Plymouth
from the former Kmart center, Spartan warehouse, located near doned for more than a decade. 30,000 square feet to the facility Township.”
into a sorting center. Amazon offi- the Henry Ford Health develop- Heise said the building was con- at a cost of $2.5 million. The new Heise said the center is
cials said there are plans to open ment planned on the former structed in the early 1970s and sorting center will create an expected to be fully operational
five new such facilities in metro Kmart property, has been aban- that Amazon will add about anticipated 200 new jobs, by the 2021 holiday season.

Remembering Dr. King

The Romulus Ministerial Alliance celebrated a com-
munity-wide march and vehicle procession on
Monday to celebrate and remember the Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. The march began at Romulus
Community Baptist Church and concluded at
Pentecostal Baptist Church. Walkers remained at a
safe distance from others, while others remained in
cars to help commemorate the accomplishments of
Dr. King. Following the march, there was a short
program at Pentecostal Baptist Church with remarks
from the Rev. Arthur Willis, president of the Romulus
Ministerial Alliance; Mayor LeRoy Burcroff, Romulus
Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Benjamin
Edmondson, Romulus City Clerk Ellen Craig-Bragg;
Gina Wilson Steward, CEO and publisher of The
Telegram Newspaper, and local clergymen from sur-
rounding neighborhoods.