Benefit Dinner - Friday, Jan 16th

Kathy Butler, the wife of Mike Butler (Village Council Member), has fallen ill recently. St. Michael's Catholic Church is having a benefit dinner (spaghetti). Here are the details I obtained from the St. Michael's bulletin about the event:

For: Kathy Butler
When: Friday, January 16th, 2009
Time: 4:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Where: Parish Hall

"Please plan to attend this dinner to help Kathy with medical expenses due to her illness. Kathy has given twenty years of faithful service to our parish and now is the time for us to give something back. If you can't attend the dinner and wish to make a donation, you can drop it off at the parish office or place an envelope in the collection basket marked Kathy Butler. Thank you!"


I encourage everyone to attend and contribute.


Tom Gromek
Village Manager

Best of Roscommon

Tomorrow (Wed, January 7th), Bev Luther, Dawn Dodge, Jerry Cousineau, & I will be meeting to discuss preliminary plans for a "Best of Roscommon" event. We want to have a free event, open to the public, which showcases our businesses, our service groups, the Village & Higgins Township, and any other community entity. The goal is to educate, inform, and promote the wonderful businesses, programs, and events we have available in our community. Look for more information in the coming weeks. We are all very excited about the potential of this event.


Tom Gromek
Village Manager

MML Blog - Andy Schor

Andy Schor, the Assistant Director of State Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League (MML), is the blogger this week on the MML's website. Andy, in his first two entries, has given great, easy-to-digest insight & information on the Michigan House & Senate, what has happened in the past month, and what to expect in the future. I encourage everybody to take a look at his blog this week. The link is provided below.

MML Blog - Week of Jan 5th - 9th


Tom Gromek
Village Manager

New Electronic Message Board

Photo Courtesy of Jeff Patrus
Story from the Roscommon County Herald News

A new electronic message board, located above the Village of Roscommon Events Center bulletin board, was recently donated by Kirtland Community College and features upcoming events at the college. Pictured, front, from left to right, are: Dr. Tom Quinn, KCC President; Sean Bill of Thee Sign Shop at Higgins Lake; (back, from left) Tom O’Brien of the Roscommon Downtown Development Authority; Roy Spangler of the KCC Board of Trustees; Jim Anderson, Roscommon DDA President; Curtis Norton of the Roscommon DDA; and Jesse Carlson, Roscommon Village President.

Season's Greetings

Seasons Greetings to all from the Village of Roscommon!


Tom Gromek
Village Manager

New Businesses

Fred's is now open for lunch, and will be open for dinner in the coming weeks. A lunch menu is available at Village Hall, or by e-mailing me, or better yet stop into Fred's and check it out yourself! The building has been completely refurbished and it will truly be a cornerstone, landmark business for our community. I personally tried the food last week, and it was excellent!

The Donut Hole is back open under new management and is serving up great donuts, bagels, bagel sandwiches, and even coney dogs. I can also say that the food has been top notch the several times I have stopped inside.

Roush Photography, a new business owned and operated by Jessica Roush, specializes in high quality photography & digital art. Their studio space & layout inside is something to behold! Her website, which showcases some of her work is, http://roushportraits.zenfolio.com/


Fred's & Roush Photography have both taken advantage of the DDA Facade Grant Program, and the Donut Hole is currently considering a new sign, which would be eligible for a Facade Grant.


Tom Gromek
Village Manager

MML Blog

Check out my thoughts in the MML Guest Blog this week!

MML Guest Blog - Tom Gromek



Tom Gromek
Village Manager

Christmas in the Village

Fourth Street Soil Borings

On Wednesday, Soils & Structures completed soil borings in several different places on Fourth Street. This was done with the supervision of Fleis & Vandenbrink, an engineering firm the Village contracted with for a survey & soil borings. The survey, completed a couple weeks ago, gave the engineers the appropriate road locations to test. After the analysis of the soil is complete, we will have a much better idea of how we want to fix the road & drainage problems in the most cost effective manner.


Tom Gromek
Village Manager

Downtown Murals

The DDA contracted with Terry Dickinson, a Northern Michigan artist, to paint 3 panels reflecting the different seasons of Roscommon with a background on the side of the North Country Computer & Design building, a very visible wall coming into town off I-75 via M-18. I will provide further details tomorrow, including giving the artist's full name, etc.

But as the pictures indicate, what a great new addition to our downtown! They are worth a visit into town just to see the fabulous work up close.


Tom Gromek
Village Manager