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In her first interview since beginning as the human resources director at the BlueOval Battery Park Michigan in Marshall, Amy Helner joins Community Matters to talk about the status of hiring employees at the plant. The battery production facility is expected to begin output in 2026. With salaried hiring started in later 2024, Helner discusses …
Community Matters has learned that the attorney for the Committee for Marshall – Not the Megasite has filed an application for leave of appeal with the Michigan Supreme Court. Not unexpected, the move is the last potential opportunity for the committee to get a court to see things its way as it relates to a …
Marshall Public Schools asked voters in May 2024 to approve a $90 million bond question which would fund upgrades, improvements and even a whole new elementary building in Albion. Voters rejected it by almost 600 votes. But, why? Now, the district has been asking voters for input in order to understand the answer to that …
The Committee for Marshall-Not the Megasite has until early August 2024 to officially take its case to the Michigan Supreme Court. Technically, the committee has 42 days from the Michigan Court of Appeals decision that dealt another blow to the legal drama meant to put the Ford BlueOval plant development to a vote in Marshall. …
The June 18, 2024 Michigan Court of Appeals decision to affirm lower courts in the Marshall Megasite zoning case leaves the Committee for Marshall-Not the Megasite with a decision: Should their argument be taken to the Michigan Supreme Court? Attorney Richard Lindsey, a member of the legal team representing the Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance …
Scott Wolfersberger has been a Ward 1 member of the Marshall City Council for six years. Now, he wants to be mayor. With council members thrust into the spotlight after the Ford Motor Company EV battery plant announcement for the Marshall Megasite, community response – on one side or the other – has been swift. …
LANSING – In an announcement less than two weeks after hearing arguments from both sides, a three-judge Michigan Court of Appeals panel has affirmed the lower court decision as it relates to the Ford BlueOval Battery Park Michigan construction at the Marshall Megasite. The decision was released on June 18, 2024, just one day prior …
Marshall Attorney Richard Lindsey returns to Community Matters to discuss his impressions of a June 6, 2024 hearing at the Michigan Court of Appeals. The hearing was a continuation of the ongoing suit targeting zoning at the Marshall Megasite where the Ford BlueOval Battery Park Michigan is being built. While the hearing had been expedited …
