Shop on Main Street this Christmas Season
This holiday season it’s more important then ever to spend your holiday dollars locally. If you are fortunate enough as we are to be able to walk to our beautiful downtown, please consider spending your dollars on your own Main Street. Dollars that are spent locally support your downtown and other businesses in your area. Even if you have to drive a bit to get to downtown Rochester you will find that it is worth the visit.
Our award winning downtown has something for everyone this holiday season. With a variety of stores and shops to choose from you can complete all your Christmas shopping without ever going to a big box store or crowded mall. With convenient on street and lot parking, you never have to walk far to find just what you are looking for. Give it a try this year – shop locally!
Leave the big box stores behind this year. Shop Main Street!
Our Newly Elected Council Leaders
On November 23 the Rochester city council voted to elect a new Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem to serve for the next year. This practice occurs annually at the second council meeting in November.
This year there were two members nominated for Mayor. The current mayor, Jeff Cuthbertson, was nominated by council member Stuart Bikson to continue as mayor for one more year. Council member David Becker also nominated Kim Russell for the position of mayor. A vote of the full council was held and Jeff Cuthbertson retained his position as mayor for the upcoming year.
Following a similar procedure, Mayor Cuthbertson nominated Stuart Bikson to continue as Mayor Pro Tem. I nominated Kim Russell to occupy this position for the upcoming year. After a second vote on the two choices, Stuart Bikson was selected to continue in the position of Mayor Pro Tem.
Pretty Big Shoes
Twenty-seven years ago my wife and young family were considering a move from urban Detroit to suburban Oakland County. We were in search of a community that had “sidewalks and street lights”. At that time, and still to this day, there are not many communities that have these amenities. In 1982 there were even less. The community we settled on was Rochester. Sidewalks and streetlights. Yup, our requirements were met. We moved. And we’re still here today.
Over the course of the next twenty-seven years we raised a family in this community. Our two sons are now many years out of college. They both have college degrees and can thank the Rochester Community Schools for setting the foundation for their college education. My wife and I have both worked in the greater Rochester community since that time as well.
Please feel free to contact me about any concerns you have. I also like to hear suggestions about how we can improve city services or reduce costs.
My goal is to help improve the city and to make it a better place for everyone.