Kalamazoo Gazette: Otsego gets Michigan Main Street designation
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Otsego is set to celebrate its designation as a Michigan Main Street and the five years of intensive help it will get from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) in revitalizing its downtown. The city made a pitch to the state to receive the assistance with a video complete with Wizard of Oz characters and a flash mob that brought out several hundred people.
Excerpt: “Like many communities, we’ve had a decline in business in recent years,” Otsego city commissioner and Otsego Main Street chairperson Molly Wieber said at that time. “We realized we need to step it up. And people have come out in droves to support this effort. It’s overwhelming.”
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