Garfield Township

In other words, Heart of West Michigan United Way says, hey, this is probably a pretty good deal.

Fourth up, flooding on South Airport Road near Logan's Landing, Garfield Township.

The road commission and the county are working on a fix.

Let's hope they get it fixed.

Crews are repaving taxiways, adjusting some routes to meet FAA safety standards and reduce runway incursions, and replacing older lighting with brighter LED lights designed to improve visibility during winter conditions.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff's deputies who responded to the July 2025 stabbing at the Garfield Township Walmart have been honored for their work today.

The deputies received a unit citation from the Police Officers Association of Michigan yesterday.

Eleven people were injured in the attack but all survived.

Anyway, today we're going to talk about this, and I want to refer to it as city proposal number one.

I live in Garfield Township, and obviously I didn't see this on my ballot.

I was looking for it, but it wasn't there.

But a lot of people will see it as city proposal number one.

The city says the airport drives about a billion dollars in annual economic activity and roughly 400 direct jobs.

Garfield Township sees it from the other side with a major terminal expansion scheduled for completion in 2028.

Garfield Township wrote, On September 30th, if the board is restructured, it wants an elected Garfield official appointed.

Both items appear on the consent calendar as receive and file, but any commissioner can pull them for discussion.

And here's a few quick hits.

Grand Traverse County is covering $30,000 of it.

Garfield Township, $20,000.

Rogue Commission asked to cover the other $20,000.

Those are kind of the three main partners.

So he was saying because Todd, the Todd, the facility is married to Maura of the Peninsula Township.

He felt like he's like, I'm not going to give this contract to this guy.

And then it came up that Elisa Korn in the road commission is married to Chuck Korn, who is a Garfield Township trustee.

Garfield Township.

This is where your donations are coming in.

Carol Rose is giving me a tour of their 6,000 square foot building perched on a small hill next to US 31 in Garfield Township.

We're in the back where they sort donations.

You have your children's section over here.