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Sweets 7 Layer Tea! 3020 Caniff, Hamtramck, MI 48212 • (313) 874-2100 Visit Volume 7 No. 19 Us On: May 8, 2015 50¢ www.hamtramckreview.com • e-mail [email protected] 3236 Caniff St. • Hamtramck 48212 — HAMTRAMCK'S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD — Voters say On the rocky road to ‘no’ to road repair tax By Charles Sercombe citywide street repairs Hamtramck voters joined with voters statewide in re - By Charles Sercombe The pothole repairs coin - jecting a ballot proposal to Hamtramck got a taste on cide with a recent report raise the sales tax to fix Friday of what’s to come in submitted by an engineering roads. repairing potholes. company that ranks each Statewide, voters gave the The city tested out a differ - street’s condition, from one proposal a thumping by 80 ent method in fixing pot - to 10, with “10” being the percent – a margin of disap - holes that seals in asphalt, very best, as in brand new. proval that hasn’t happened starting on Charest from There will be some sec - in 50 years, The Detroit Holbrook to Evaline and tions of streets that will re - News reported. In Ham - then up to Gallagher and quire ripping out the tramck the margin of defeat back to Holbrook. concrete and repaving. One was equally bad, by 75 per - Quick Hits “It’s much better than cold such spot is 200 feet worth cent. patching,” said Mark Rags - of Goodson, which City Man - This could be a “ban - Only 913 voters bothered dale, the Director of Public ager Katrina Powell esti - ner” year for local busi - voting on the proposal, one Works. “It’s going to last mated will cost $80,200. nesses. of the lowest turnouts in re - longer and look better.” Ragsdale said he is re - Well, banner in the cent history. The city used the cold viewing the engineering sense that the city’s Previous polls taken pre - patching method in only the study and will make his rec - dicted the state proposal Downtown Development worst areas during the win - ommendations on how to Authority is offering to was going down by a wide ter in order to wait to use proceed. No matter what, margin. place the name and logo this newer method. pothole repairs will start If it had passed, Ham - of businesses on street For many residents it’s back up next week, he said. Last Friday the city tested out a new way to fix potholes. Re - tramck would have seen al - banners that will be dis - pairs will continue while a long-range plan is worked out for been a long wait. Continued on page 2 most an additional $1 played on Jos. Campau all of the city’s streets. million in state revenue – between Caniff and Hol - something that would have brook. secured the city’s finances The banners have been for many years. popular in the past, and In business and But in various media re - it’s first-come, first-serve ports voters had two rea - to get yours, so hurry up. development, it’s sons for turning it down: the To display a banner for funding mechanism was too one year it costs $275, a family affair complicated and the inabil - and for three years it’s ity of legislators to come up By Charles Sercombe urbs. only $100 more at $375. with a plan earlier. Last time we checked in That was several years The cost includes a re - Legislators have been ar - with brothers Nick and ago and at the time it was a placement banner if it guing for several years over Mario Lulgjuraj, they were substantial investment. gets damaged. how to fix the state’s in - building a new shopping There was concern back Orders must be com - creasingly worsening roads, strip at Caniff and Gallagher. then that having parking in pleted by May 29. To re - and even Republican legisla - It was done in a modern the rear would work against serve your banner call tors disagreed with Gov. urban design, which meant the project but that doesn’t Kathy Angerer at (313) Rick Snyder’s attempts to the building was up close to seem to be the case. 876-7700, extension come up with a plan. the sidewalk and not set Royal Kabob Restaurant 326, or email her at ham - Nick and Mario Lulgjuraj are once again investing in the city Snyder, a Republican, had [email protected]. back like you see in the sub - Continued on page 2 with a redevelopment project on Jos. Campau. 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Our friends about the shed," says Car - Cont. from front page repairs over at modeldmedia.com oline Glidewell-Hoos, mar - The immediate plan calls management plan and iden - have been reporting on fas - keting and communications a family affair for concentrating on emer - tify a five-year capital im - cinating development proj - manager for Eastern Market Continued from front page gency lanes that the police provement program to ects for the past several Corporation. "For one thing, and fire department use submit to MDOT (Michigan years. it will increase attendance anchors the string of stores next-door to Maine Street, most of the time. Department of Transporta - With their permission, in the winter. A lot of people located there, and it enjoys on the northern side of the A crew of part-time city tion) for approval,” Powell here is an edited version of don't realize we're open a steady flow of eager cus - Jos. Campau business dis - workers will also do cold said. this week’s story: year-round and now we have tomers. trict. It’s this part of the dis - patching, said City Manager “If approved, the city can On Saturday, May 2, local a heated indoor shed." Now the brothers, who trict that has seen the most Katrina Powell. transfer additional monies dignitaries and Eastern Shed 5 floors are now also own and operate Maine activity when it comes to re - There will also be a long- from the Major Road Fund to Market Corporation officials heated and its doors are re - Street Restaurant on Jos. design. range plan mapped out, she the Local Road Fund to do gathered to celebrate the inforced and better suited Campau, have purchased You can thank the Lulgjuraj added. much needed repairs on our unveiling of Eastern Market for keeping the heat in dur - the shopping strip anchored brothers again for that. They “The next step is to pre - interior streets.” Shed 5 in all its renovated ing cold-weather months. by Little Caesar’s Pizza. also bought the building pare a transportation asset glory. After Detroit mayor Adding to the Shed 5 ex - And as usual, expect to across from their restaurant Mike Duggan and Sen. Deb - perience is the DTE Energy see a major improvement in where several businesses bie Stabenow took part in Foundation Plaza. The how it looks over there. Ren - operate. The Lulgjurajs in - the pageantry of the ribbon- newly-landscaped public ovation of the façade is now vested money into improving cutting ceremony, market- outdoor space on the Rus - underway. that building’s façade. goers explored the sell Street side of the shed Mario Lulgjuraj didn’t want You could say they are a !! $ renovated shed while Shed will feature special events to disclose how much is two-man urban redevelop - 5 vendors saw their pa - and entertainment and being invested in the site, ment team. $ tience rewarded. likely food trucks and other but it’s part of a long-term “Hopefully,” Mario said, Shed 5 stayed open and vendors. Also new to Shed strategy he and his brother “others will follow.” &'( was host to its usual ven - 5 is the Kid Rock Kitchen have for the city. You heard it building own - dors during its three-year Commons, a large room “We like to be a part of the ers, the Lulgjurajs have renovation. For all the dust dedicated for meeting city,” he said. “It has viabil - thrown down a challenge. and inconveniences ven - space that can be rented ity, and we’re here to say.” Anyone want to step up? The shopping strip is also dors weathered during the for parties, exercise various rounds of construc - classes, and other uses.