May 4, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
Voters in the Fowlerville Community Schools district will be casting ballots today on a $37.8 million bond proposal that school officials say would fund a new building and improvements district-wide, while not increasing property taxes.
Superintendent Wayne Roedel says that if passed, the bond would help pay for a new K-2 school building, allowing them to transform the H.T. Smith Elementary School into the district s early childhood center and recreation department, likely in the fall of 2023.
It would fund the installation of air conditioning in both the Kreeger Elementary and Fowlerville Junior High School buildings, as well as upgrade the electrical system at Fowlerville High School, so that it would be set up for air conditioning in a future bond proposal, potentially in 2026.
April 2, 2021
A large expansion project is planned at a test track near Fowlerville.
FT Techno of America, the Fowlerville Proving Ground, is an independent proving ground and testing company on a 950-acre facility just south of Fowlerville thatâs open year-round. Senior Manager of Operations Mike Benjamin says the facility is rented out to really the entire auto industry and they currently have around 50 different suppliers and auto manufacturers that use them, along with testing and engineering services.
Benjamin says they were granted site plan approval by the Handy Township board recently to start construction on two new test tracks, marking a $10 (M) million investment. He says their overall investment to date since opening in 2005 is about $100 (M) million. The new tracks include a 1.3-mile handling course on the east side property and a variety of new ride comfort surfaces on the west side of the property.
December 16, 2020
A ceremony to honor departed veterans is still set to go this weekend in Fowlerville.
Fowlerville s 2nd Annual Wreaths Across America event will take place this Saturday, December 19th at the Greenwood Cemetery in Fowlerville. The program, sponsored by the Fowlerville Fourth of July Committee, will start at noon, coinciding with the ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and similar events at over 2,500 other cemeteries across the nation. Each ceremony is said to be as varied as the men and women it honors with speakers, moving sentiments, pageantry and often music. One thing every ceremony has in common is the placing of wreaths on grave sites to honor those who have served, many offering the ultimate sacrifice while serving the nation.