Sculpture installation at Muskegon beach to close roundabout
Updated 11:35 AM;
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The roundabout at Pere Marquette beach will be closed the week of April 19, 2021, for installation of a large glass and steel sculpture.
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MUSKEGON, MI – The traffic roundabout at Muskegon’s Pere Marquette beach will be shut down next week for the installation of a large abstract sculpture.
The only access to the beach will be via Sherman Boulevard and Beach Street starting Monday, April 19, said Muskegon Public Works Director Leo Evans.
The 22-foot steel-and-glass sculpture must be assembled on site, Evans said.
Traffic approaching Pere Marquette on Lakeshore Drive will be detoured on Lincoln Street to Sherman, he said.
Fort Wayne s Division of Public Works is partnering with the Fort Wayne Public Art Commission to select a sculptural artist to install public art at t .
$5M retail, residential development proposed for key Muskegon Heights intersection
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
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MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – A nearly $5 million mixed retail and residential development is planned for a key intersection in Muskegon Heights.
The Shoppes on Sherman project includes a $1 million cleanup of a former dry cleaner shop at the project site on Peck Street and Sherman Boulevard that’s critical to the revitalization of the area.
The development about two years in the planning is the project of Joe Rone, a Muskegon Heights native who lives in Iowa but has never lost his love for his hometown.
“I have a very good kinship with the city,” Rone told city council members last month, explaining that his mother, Eleanor, owned a business in the city for more than 50 years.
Asphalt plant nestled among medical offices in Muskegon looks to move
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
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MUSKEGON, MI – An asphalt plant that seems out of place amid a growing medical corridor on Sherman Boulevard is making plans to move operations closer to Muskegon Lake.
Asphalt Paving Inc. is seeking a zoning change that would allow it to move from 1000 E. Sherman Blvd. to a location off Getty Street near Moses Jones Parkway.
The move would put it closer to other operations of Verplank, its parent company.
A zone change, from I-1 light industrial to I-2 general industrial, and a special use permit for the 20-acre property eyed for the new location was approved last week by the Muskegon Planning Commission. The rezoning will be considered by city commissioners Tuesday, March 9.
Beach Street reopens for season in Muskegon, but another detour coming soon
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 05, 2021
In a sure sign that spring is on its way, Beach Street at Muskegon’s Pere Marquette Park fully reopened to traffic on March 5, 2021. (MLive file photo)Alison Zywicki | azywicki
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MUSKEGON, MI – In a sure sign that spring is on its way, Beach Street at Muskegon’s Pere Marquette Park is fully reopened to traffic.
The street, which closes each winter between Beachwood Park and the water filtration plant near Lakeshore Drive, was reopened the morning of Friday, March 5, said Muskegon Public Works Director Leo Evans.