Work Session (Packet)

Empire Village

Event Date: 2025-01-09

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The Village of Empire Council is considering several capital improvement projects for 2025-2029, including work on alleys, sidewalks, parks, and roads. The document provides details on the proposed projects and their estimated costs.

Alley improvements include grinding and replacing the alleys behind the library and by the Methodist church, at an estimated cost of $70,000-$350,000. Sidewalk repairs and new sidewalk installations are also planned, with $10,000-$17,000 budgeted annually for repairs and new sidewalks planned along Union Street and extending to M-22.

The parks projects include a new compact play system and covered shelter/pavilion at Shalda Park, as well as continued improvements to the Lake Michigan beach area, at a total estimated cost of $155,000. Major street projects focus on Front Street, Erie Street, and extending Fisher Street, with costs ranging from $25,000 to $345,000. Local street projects include repaving and maintaining streets like Union, Salisbury, and Lake.

Village of Empire

Internal document reference #:2884

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