Reducing mid-Michigan flooding. Building resiliency and water quality.
The Midland Business Alliance (MBA) Advisory Committee on Infrastructure held a community event at the Dow Diamond on May 22, 2023.
The event topics included the following information and concluded with a community Q&A session.
- Progress update on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hydraulic/hydrologic study
- A second study with the Corps
- MBA Advisory Committee on Infrastructure’s “return on investment”
- Proposed flood reduction projects in the Snake and Sturgeon Creeks area
- Importance of eco-sensitive flood reduction solutions for the watershed
- A brief update on lakes restoration
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Our Presenters
Nick Zager
Chief of Planning
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Detroit District
J.W. Fisher
Co-chair
MBA Advisory Committee on Infrastructure
Lee Ann Keller
Co-chair
MBA Advisory Committee on Infrastructure
Our Watershed Roundtable Panelists
- Elan Lipschitz, Little Forks Conservancy
- Dennis Pilaske, Chippewa Nature Center
- Mike Kelly, Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network (WIN)
- Kyle Rorah, Ducks Unlimited
- Helen Taylor, The Nature Conservancy
- Moderated by Bre Sklar, Omni Tech International
Our Other Speakers
- Mary Draves, Chair, MBA Board of Directors
- Tony Stamas, President and CEO, MBA
- Bill Schuette, Member, MBA Advisory Committee on Infrastructure
- Dave Kepler, President, Four Lakes Task Force
- Bridgette Gransden, Administrator/Controller, County of Midland
- Mayor Maureen Donker, Midland City Council
