Lake Orion Lumber Yard, DDA and the Village of Lake Orion

At the Sept. 13 DDA meeting, item 8.1 on the agenda was “Purchase of Property” with no description of what property that was. Several members of the public commented on the rumored lumber yard purchase during the Call to the Public section, never being told that this was an item on the agenda. The policy […]

Fall change is everywhere

George Bernard Shaw wrote – “Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” In line with this statement, we recently put our thoughts into changing our yard. We realized our little plantings from 40 years ago had grown so much they now provided our gardens too little sunlight. […]

Disappointed at Patriot Day Ceremony time

Sure was disappointed that the Patriot Day Ceremony was set at 12 p.m. (Sunday). Many patriots are just getting out from their church services. Thought you should know how we feel to be excluded. Shirley Riggleman Orion Twp.

Village, township should mandate more trees in developments

I am writing to express my support with Carol Ebner’s letter “Orion Twp., village need to stop over-developing” published in the Aug. 31 issue. I fully agree with Ms. Ebner’s analysis regarding how over-development is largely responsible for frequent excessive heat episodes and with her exhortation to “increase our forests, grasslands and meadows”, and wish […]

Village should transfer lakefront property to landowners

What are your Village taxes as a Lake Orion lakefront property owner? Look it up to see what it was 10 years ago.  Does it now seem high? Well, it is high compared to many other lakeshore owners who don’t pay any taxes on their lakefront.  They are getting a free ride on taxes as […]

Oppose Moceri development

Why so many apartments? Moceri is attempting to make as much money as possible off the limited land and lake front? I call that modified funneling by providing so many units access to the lake without having sufficient frontage. Moceri gets to price the units as having lakefront access and maximizes profits. I say Moceri […]

The model for all that comes later? Disagrees with Moceri

I disagree with the Moceri claim that it meets the village Master Plan and zoning, but then I don’t have a vote on such things. It is filling these sites with buildings, paving, and minimal landscaping. It is far more massive than anything that exists in these locations and adding approximately 150 units, possibly more […]

LO, don’t miss the Moceri development opportunity

Mr. (Cory) Johnston, the planning commission requires a 10 percent open space adherence and Moceri offers 24 percent? The problem is not Moceri, it’s the planning commission. Why would they accept so little? Because this is Mayberry RFD, and now we have to step up and act like we deserve to have this fantastic area […]

Embrace the proposed Moceri developments

Whatever this plan looks like in the end, it is sure to be World-Class. IMHO (in my humble opinion), the Lake Orion community should be embracing Moceri Co’s for investing in its future and contributing to making this excellent community even better than before. John Sanchez Lake Orion

Life has its moments…

Life has its moments. When those moments arrive we can tell ourselves nobody has a problem bigger than ours. We hold in our consciousness that other people have wonderful lives – but not us! One of my moments was in early 1979. Sitting in my car, watching for traffic to clear, with a heavy heart, […]

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