List of Grants to Metro Detroit Projects in State Budget

[Lowell]

We have a thread about the money going to Greektown, but it is just one of many in Metro Detroit. A little something for everybody and likely a little something for everybody to whine about.

Grants totaling hundreds of millions of dollars are baked into the $91.7 billion budget state lawmakers approved late Wednesday, with many of those one-time grants going to the Detroit area.

The budget bills have been sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is expected to sign the bills but has the power to use lineitem vetoes on budget bills.

• $50 million for a downtown project in Pontiac.
• A $40 million grant for the Macomb County Jail.
• A $20 million grant to the Henry Ford Health Center.
• In Trenton, $20 million for a rail grade separation project at Van Horn and Fort.
• In Grosse Ile, $20 million for a movable bridge project.
• A $20 million grant for corridor development in Detroit's Greektown.
• $15 million for “community safety” in Bloomfield Hills.
• $12 million for the Midtown Cultural Center Planning Initiative.
• In Dearborn Heights, $10 million for the fire station.
• $10 million to design and build freeway sound walls in the city of Troy.
• A $10 million grant for site readiness for an economic development project on Five Mile Road in Wayne County.
• A $10 million grant for Detroit firefighter health care support.
• In Pontiac, $10 million for the replacement/rehabilitation of the Martin Luther King Bridge.
• In Belleville, $10 million for the Denton Road bridge.
• $10 million for “Marygrove development,” an apparent reference to Marygrove College in Detroit.
• A $10 million grant for the Henry Ford College Student Success Center.
• An $8 million grant for the North American International Auto Show.
• In Canton Township, $7 million for the fire station construction project.
• In Detroit, $7 million for the Pope Francis Center housing project.
• In Westland, $7 million for the fire station and emergency response equipment.
• In Detroit, $6 million for Lee Plaza.
• In Canton Township, $5 million for reconstruction of roads and sidewalks.
• In Dearborn, $5 million for fire station upgrades.
• $5 million for COVID-19 relief and recovery support at DMC Children's Hospital.
• $5 million for an unspecified housing project in Mount Clemens.
• In Southfield, $5 million for an affordable housing project.
• $5 million for redevelopment of the Fisher Building in Detroit.
• $5 million to address flooding at the hospital in Garden City.
• $5 million for marina renovations at Lake St. Clair Metropark.
• $4 million for the Detroit Historical Society.
• A $4 million grant for the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit.
• $4 million for local road repair in Southfield.
• $4 million for roof improvements at the Henry Ford Museum.
• At the Detroit Zoo, $3 million for infrastructure.
• A $3 million grant for upgrades to the emergency system in Farmington Hills.
• In Farmington Hills, $2 million for the Zekelman Holocaust Center.
• A $2 million grant for the Redford Wellness Center.
• $2 million for the Oak Park Events Center.
• $2 million for a youth center in Canton Township.
• In Van Buren Township, $1.8 million for expansion of the Iron Belle Trail.
• For Warren Parks and Recreation, a $1.5 million grant.
• In Center Line, $1.25 million for parks and recreation infrastructure.
• For the Detroit Opera House, $1 million.
• In Clinton Township, $1 million for an inclusive playground.
• In Farmington, $1 million for the Warner Mansion.
• $1 million to address Jefferson-Chalmers flooding in Detroit.
• $1 million for Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan.
• $1 million for the Mack Avenue Corridor Improvement Plan.
• $1 million for the Commerce Township nonmotorized connectivity trail.
• $900,000 grant for a cricket field in Troy.

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[Danny]

Sounds like fleecing from Michigan taxpayers. And I'm not a Republican.

[Gistok]

Call it pork if you want Danny... this appears to be a return to the days before the Republicans had control of the state Legislature, when local/state municipalities and other resources obtained state funds for local needs [or whatever word you wish to use].

Interesting how the Oakland and Macomb County seats got the 2 largest pots of money of $50M & $40M respectively. That may have helped get it thru the legislature. Ditto for the $40 million that went downriver for development in Trenton/Grosse Ile.

Besides $20 million to Greektown improvements, there's $6M for the Lee Plaza, and $5 million for Fisher Bldg. There's money for metro museums/zoo and the Detroit Opera House. Money for Hospitals [which in Michigan are non-profits]. Money for metro area park systems, money for Jefferson-Chalmers and Mack Ave. areas, and several housing projects across metro Detroit.

I also noticed that $10 million is going to Marygrove College complex,[on top of a $16 million Kresge Grant back in 2018].

That's a lot for some to be pleased about... or complain about...