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WESTLAND
WESTLAND

City hosts open house at Marshall school building

It's sort of an early back to school event space, including two gymnasiums, a track,
for Westland residents. baseball and football fields, tennis facili-
City officials are hoping the public will ties and band rooms. The structure, which
visit Marshall Upper Elementary School would have to be repurposed, could pro-
from 9 a.m. until noon this Saturday, July vide adequate space for many program-
24, to take a look at what may become a mable community assets, they added.
new community recreation center. Officials are hoping for public input
The 120,000 square-foot building, now into the project and will host a second
owned by the Wayne Westland Community open house at the former school from 9
Schools district, was closed last year and a.m. until noon Saturday, July 31.
is slated for demolition, officials said. In The school building is located at 35100
February, however, members of the city Bayview St. in Westland. Those who
council approved an agreement with the attend can explore the building during
school district for a potential purchase of self-guided tours and members of the
the site, following due diligence. Since administration will be in attendance to
then, the city has been exploring a poten- discuss the potential re-use of the building
tial partnership with the Detroit Metro assets, according to a statement from the
YMCA to provide services at the building, city. vacant space,” commented Mayor William on how they envision the site and what
if it is determined to be suitable. “Our team has a lot of great ideas and R. Wild. “The possibilities are endless and they'd like to see added to our recreational
Officials said the building offers ample significant past success with retrofitting we are excited to hear from the residents amenities.”
Community-wide garage sale rescheduled for July 31--Aug. 1.

The Community Wide Garage and residents can now register interest. Visit www.cityofwest- sale on the city website by calling of the Westland Shopping Center,
Sale in Westland has been their sale for free on the city web- land.com to register a sale or to Wild's office at (734)467-3200. No at a later date. For more informa-
rescheduled for July 31 and Aug. site. search for garage sales near you. garage sale permit needed to par- tion, visit www.cityofwestland
1. As an added incentive to par- “The garage sale interactive ticipate and registration is not .com and the Westland social
Officials said that the recent ticipate, the city will help pro- map will go live on July 14 at 12 required. media pages. For more informa-
major storm event which caused mote individual residential loca- p.m.,” commented Mayor William Wayne County has also post- tion on Household Hazardous
property damage and power out- tions for free on the city website. R. Wild. “The map is a great tool poned the Household Hazardous Waste Collection as well as other
ages in the city made the post- Individuals will be able to view an to streamline your shopping day Waste Collection Day which was upcoming events, visit
ponement of the annual garage interactive map to locate all of the and to promote your sale.” scheduled for July 10. The county https://www.waynecounty.com/dep
sale necessary. The sale was origi- garage sales in the area as well as Residents who do not own a will reschedule this event, which artments/environmental/land-
nally scheduled for July 10 and 11 search for particular items of computer can still advertise their will take place in the parking lot resource-management.aspx .

Family business

It was the passing of the baton last
week as veteran police Sgt. Robert
Kenyon marked his retirement from
the force as he watched his son,
Trevor Kenyon, take the official oath
of office as he joined the Westland
Police Department. The department
also celebrated the promotion of offi-
cers Jennifer Schurig and Thomas
Rogers to the rank of sergeant and
welcomed new officers as Sebastian
Iavasile, James Serman, Joseph
Taylor and Kenyon were officially
sworn into office by City Clerk
Richard LeBlanc.