Alpena News editorial
Disturbing news out of Rogers City recently, as the Rogers City school district decided to put up for sale its Grambau Education Center, asking $500,000 and apparently taking the Presque Isle District Library folks by surprise.
According to reporting by News staff writer Crystal Nelson, the library folks were very publicly interested in that building for a library and community center and had openly pursued the idea of a property tax proposal. They’d already raised $12,000 toward the project, but they had no formal agreement with the school district to keep the building on hold for them.
Nick Hein, school superintendent, told his Board of Education he had talked to the library and urged them to continue pursuing the project, but, “If we are just narrowing ourselves to one thing, we’re not accomplishing it all the way.” Putting the building up for sale does not preclude any deal from coming together.
cnelson@thealpenanews.com
News Photo by Crystal Nelson
Presque Isle District Library Technician Tiffany Kortman shelves books on Wednesday at the library’s Rogers City location.
ROGERS CITY The recent listing of the Grambau Education Center has “derailed” the Presque Isle District Library’s plans to redevelop the historic building in Rogers City, library officials said on Wednesday.
The Rogers City Area Schools Board of Education on Monday decided it would list the Grambau Education Center with Traverse City-based Three West Commercial Real Estate Consultants for $500,000.
The library’s board of directors during a meeting on Wednesday verbally agreed it could not move forward in asking voters to support a property tax for the library to relocate to, and renovate, the building.
ROGERS CITY The Rogers City Area Schools Board of Education decided Monday it would allow Superintendent Nick Hein to sign an agreement with Traverse City-b