COLLABORATIVE PROJECT. Based on our shared belief that the Township, when prompted by their own surveys, would wish to take action to make Hartland more business friendly, we proposed a collaborative project with Hartland Township. We (Kuhn, Parshall, and Crouse) submitted a Proposed Workplan to Supervisor Fountain and Commissioner Colaianne in March of 2018.. That plan can be… Read More »
Dear Members and Friends of the Hartland Business Association The HBA has completed an interesting year, which saw it move from a loose group of disgruntled Hartland business owners to become an optimistic group of committed entrepreneurs unified by the belief that positive change could be achieved. We’ve discussed evidence of problems, alternative approaches including… Read More »
At the Township Board meeting on December 5th, HBA representative Crouse enquired regarding the status of the Township in revising its Strategic Plan. Surprisingly, he was advised that the plan had in fact been revised – and was provided with a copy of a key plan exhibit – provided below. Of note, Item 2.4 has been… Read More »
The following comment was provided by Hartland Township – explaining their view why Turnin 2 abandoned its approved and under construction project. The Township’s current response is appreciated, and is provided without edit below (in blue type). Previous HBA coverage regarding Turnin 2 relied on publicly available information reported by the Brighton Argus. It is now apparent… Read More »
The following comment was provided by Hartland Township – explaining their view why Menards abandoned their 10 year pursuit of a location in Hartland. This response is appreciated, and is provided without edit. Of course, the end result is that a desperately needed anchor tenant decided to abandon Hartland as a location – and departed. … Read More »
The HBA was represented at the PC meeting of 9/14/17. Simple observation turned out to be instructive regarding both the positions and perspectives of the individual PC members, and the PC as a whole. The most striking thing observed was the attitude and perspective related to residential and business matters. You need to be logged… Read More »
Following the October 3, 2017 Planning Commission (PC) meeting, a work session was held involving extensive discussion related to “In-House Construction Observation”. Apparently the County’s inspection of active construction sites has been decreased, and is being replaced by inspection by the Township. This is an area of concern for some of our members – because it can… Read More »
A draft copy of Hartland’s 2017 Strategic Plan has been posted to the Township website, as part of the Agenda Package for the April 18th meeting of the Township Board. Of interest, our reading of publicly available information is that the Strategic Plan contains no specific strategy or plans to improve the regulatory environment for… Read More »
It seems to us that the tax abatement district created by the city of Howell was a statement of policy – drawing a district boundary to include a combination of public and private land that the city wanted to see developed – without regard to the individual companies that might ultimately develop within the… Read More »
A Tax Abatement has been proposed for the Emagine Theatre project, because the Township has been told that without it the project will not happen. The discussion and passage of the legislation to establish the Tax Abatement District was accomplished at a Special Meeting on May 23rd. In a near unanimous decision, the Board voted… Read More »