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​Here's our response to Wood TV8's report on the recent City Council Meeting.  You can read and watch it here

We are a community and we stand together!!  
The idea of the "Marshall Megasite" has been forced upon the people of Marshall Township by the City of Marshall and MAEDA!   The City of Marshall has shown blatant disregard for the lives of people who live in, and around the proposed HEAVY INDUSTRIAL PARK.  But the 1,800 acre heavy industrial complex will not only affect Township residents, it will affect all of Marshall.  MAEDA disclosed two years ago to potential manufacturers that the Marshall MEGAsite would get its water from the City of Marshall. Why was this information not shared with Marshall residents?  It should have first been voted on by Marshall residents.  MAEDA has not been honest with local residents nor potential manufacturers. Maybe this is why they have been unable to find a buyer up until now. 
A very small percentage of Marshall town residents and township residents knew this was coming?  WHY if it is such a Great thing?   The majority of people in the community were not aware of this until  this site brought it to the public's attention.  MAEDA has been  negligent. They are not deserving of state taxpayer funds. 
James Durian was hired by MAEDA in 2020 (during Covid) after a stint working as an Economic advisor in Flint (year and a half).  James was hired not to grow Marshall's downtown, but specifically to work on the development of the Marshall TOWNSHIP Megasite.   He has not moved to Marshall, nor will he.  We can be assured that James will move on to muck up another community.   MAEDA is being paid through grants from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, where he once worked.  Was Jim hired or appointed to the position of MAEDA?   Like Gretchen Whitmer, Durian is both a graduate of Michigan State (James Madison College) and Michigan State University College of Law.  
What is Jim's interest in our small historic town? 
Why isn't it a prerequisite that the CEO of MAEDA live in Marshall?  How can anyone know a community when they don't live here and must commute one hour to work.    
Durian is selling out our way of life and he doesn't have to LIVE the experience.     We want answers! Our friends and family and fellow community members are losing their homes and way of life.  
We are a community and we stand together! 
Please post in the comments below when you first learned about the Marshall Megasite.  Did the City of Marshall or Marshall Township ever have an informational meeting about the "Marshall Megasite".  Who was there?  How many people attended? How were they informed?  Did Marshall Township ever send information about the Marshall Megasite to local residents, with their summer or winter tax bills?  This Megasites will change property values and tax rates. Why were people not notified?
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