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By Sean DaltonHeritage Media
After operating for nearly a yearin Manchester, childrens
cloth-ing resale and toy shop KidsFashion Jungle has swung onover
to the village of Dexter.
Owner/operators Tamara and PaulDouglas held the grand opening of
their
family run and oriented business at 10a.m. Saturday and had
nearly two dozenpeople in their store during the firsthour.
Tamara and Paul said that being theparents of five children is a
joyous expe-rience, but the prospect of paying retail
prices to clothe nearly half a dozen littleones over the course
of many years wasenough to nearly drive them bananas.
When your kids outgrow clothes soquickly, its hard not to like
shoppingresale, Tamara said. You can get greatclothes for 50-75
percent off.
The Douglas family became devoutresale shoppers when their third
childwas around five or six years old aboutfive years ago and hasnt
turned backsince.
Before we got into it, buying clotheswas really expensive I dont
thinkweve bought anything new for our lasttwo kids so far, Paul
said.
Tamara added that despite having
their own resale store, her family shopsat other resale stores
in the area.Were all in the same situation and
we like to support resale shops, shesaid.
By Nathaniel SiddallFor Heritage Media
DEXTER The DexterDowntown DevelopmentAuthority is moving
for-ward with plans for the oldindustrial site it now ownsat 3045
Broad Street, asthe Dancers Edge Studio,which currently leases
aspace there, makes plans tomove across the street.
At a July 17 DDA meet-ing, Dexter Village ManagerDonna Dettling
said she isprepared to sign a contractfor demolition
immediately.After a required notifica-tion period, work on
sitecould start at the beginningof August.
Demolition will takeplace in two stages, with thestudio space
preserved untilDancers Edge moves out.
Valerie Potsos, owner ofDancers Edge, told the DDAthat she is
purchasing thebuilding which formerly
housed the Jolly PumpkinBrewery, located at 3115
Broad Street, just acrossJeffords Street from hercurrent
space.
She will have accessto the new building inFebruary, but it will
takesome time to renovate.Therefore, she would liketo extend her
lease at3045 Broad Street, ideallythrough next June, beforemaking
the move.
Village President ShawnKeough and other membersof the DDA
expressed awillingness to work withPatsos, but postponed thematter
until they havemore information about thedevelopment plans.
Patsos, who is also thehead dance coach forUniversity of
MichiganAthletics, has been runningthe studio for some 10 years,and
has around 400 stu-
Kids Fashion Jungleswings on overfrom Manchester
Itsa
jungleout there
DDA plansdevelopment asDancers Edgeplans move
For Heritage Media/
Nathaniel Siddall
Steve Brouwer,Chair of the
DDA, at the July17 meeting.
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By Sean DaltonHeritage Media
DEXTER Villageofficials took advantage ofamendments to
Michigansstill relatively new fire-works legalization legisla-tion
at their council meet-ing Monday.
The current law allowsgovernments at the locallevel to restrict
the publicsusage of explosive and/oraerial fireworks that
wereillegal before Public Act 256of 2011.
In addition to prohibit-
ing residents from settingoff fireworks between thehours of 1
and 8 a.m. on theday before, the day of andthe day following a
nation-
al holiday, such as theFourth of July, the villagesnewly adopted
ordinanceprohibits a person fromdischarging fireworks orallowing
fireworks rem-nants to land on propertyowned by another personor
entity without writtenpermission to do so.
The ordinance, whichexists under Chapter26, Article IV, Division
2Weapons and Explosivesin the villages code ofordinances, also
prohibitsdischarging fireworkswhile under the influence
of alcohol or a controlledsubstance.
The ordinance alsorequires groups inter-ested in putting on
public
fireworks displays to seekand win approval from theVillage
Council and the
local fire department.Low impact fireworks
previously legal beforePublic Act 256 are notaffected by the
ordinance,although it reinforces thatthose igniting them mustbe 18
years of age or older.Those who are intoxicatedare still prohibited
fromusing any kind of firework.
Those who use any fire-work while intoxicated face30 days in
jail and/or a $500fine. If property is damagedby fireworks used
underthe influence, the jail pen-alty is increased to 90 days.
Consumer fireworksusage outside of theallowed timeframes
facescould result in a $100 to$500 fine and property own-
ers who allow fireworksusage in violation of theordinance could
face asimilar fine.
Village resident ToddAustin, who has spokento the council
previouslyabout his experience in thevillage with being on
thereceiving end of dischargedfireworks and vitriol fromfolks who
has confrontedabout the matter, was thesole speaker during
thepublic hearing precedingthe councils action on theordinance.
I know your hands are
tied by legislation and youhave to stay as closely tothe law as
you can, but we
VILLAGE TIGHTENS REINS ON FIREWORKS
NOW THAT 4TH OF JULY SMOKE IS CLEAR
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I know yourhands are tied by
legislation and youhave to stay as
closely to the law
as you can, butwe need to control
whats gong on.TODD AUSTIN
village resident
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