Bath Downtown News and Analysis

02/23/2025

The Board of Trustees continues to violate the Open Meetings Act, and admits it in this memo. ALL SEVEN APPLICANTS need to be interviewed in an Open Meeting by the full board, with notice to the public so they can attend. Please attend the special meeting on Monday and ask the board to interview all the applicants. A committed only makes recommendations, and interviews are required to be in meetings open to the public.

09/03/2024

Coming to Couzens Park in Bath on Saturday, September 14, beginning at 12 p.m.

Announcing our 2024 Hall of Honor Presentations. This year’s inductees are: Les Emard and Deja and Bonnie Davenport. Congratulations to the inductees. The presentations will take place on Saturday, September 14, at 12 p.m. at James Couzens Memorial Park, 13733 Webster Road, Bath, MI 48808. There i...

03/18/2024

What happened to these directional signs at the eastbound freeway exit? They disappeared!

05/09/2022

"This is a therapy and a profession that makes a noticeable impact on our patients"

Music therapy in hospice care focuses on enhanced comfort and quality of life

08/14/2021

The Township Board is ERASING PUBLIC RECORDS! The Downtown Development Authority section is GONE from the Township web site with no explanation. The videos and Development Plan are no longer available on line. It is part of Bath's history. The Trustees ran on a promise of transparency in government. This stinks!

The suit to reinstate the volunteers on the Downtown Development Authority needs your statement of support! The Township Board is now trying to reduce citizen oversight by consolidating other boards. There should be more citizen oversight - not less.

We are asking for statements of support to present as affidavits to the court, which means they need to be notarized. If you can help, please contact Will White at 517-903-6040. Specifically, we need people to state * How the Board of Trustees subverted the Downtown Development Authority * If you se...

08/01/2021

After much searching, Leone Law Associates has agreed to represent the DDA in our suit against the Bath Township Board of Trustees.

The attorney fees could reach several thousand dollars, and several people have stepped up to pay the initial retainer. Donations for the legal fund are welcome. White Bros. Music set up a PayPal button for donations in $20 increments if you are able to help.

The Bath Board of Trustees will meet Monday, August 2, and go into closed session to discuss the suit and Motion to Intervene. If they have any common sense, they will appoint a new DDA Board - which will make the suit moot.

That would save us both some attorney fees! Thank you for your support!

Donation to the legal fund to restore the Bath Downtown Development Authority.

07/09/2021

The Township has 21 days to respond to this complaint that the Board of Trustees has not followed legal procedures regarding the DDA. There will be a hearing September 2 at 9am on a Motion to Intervene.

Today the Bath Charter Township Board of Trustees was served a Summons and Complaint, with a hearing scheduled for September 2 on a Motion to Intervene. The Court is being asked for a Writ of Mandamus which would require the Board of Trustees to appoint a new Downtown Development Authority Board and...

06/16/2021

The Bath Senior Center, Fire and Police stations are all in the DDA district and can be improved with its funds. The Township could use some of the DDA increments on the Senior Center expansion requested for years. They are sitting on over $150,000!
Images are from the Bath Township Budget, page 31, and the Capital Improvement Plan, 2020-2025, page 12.

06/12/2021

The DDA is not some mysterious entity. It is your friends and neighbors working together to make things better. You can find their names in the Project Team on Page 1 of the DDA Plan shown. You will even see the name of current Trustee Fewins-Bliss. The Development Plan was approved unanimously January 7, 2013.
The DDA is not “just another layer of government we don’t need”. It is more like a “Department of Downtown Improvement” – providing a service like the Department of Public Works, and using dedicated community volunteers like Parks & Rec. The word *Authority* scares people, but it means they have advantages other departments do not, like dedicated funding. These three Departments, along with the School Board, Bath School Museum Committee, and many others worked together to plan the improvements at Couzens Park cancelled by the Board of Trustees.

06/10/2021

Please sign the petition to restore the Cupola Monument, fix Main Street sidewalks, and save the DDA! Thank you for supporting Bath!

Please indicate if you are a Bath resident or former resident.

41 signatures are needed! Ask the Bath Township Board of Trustees to let the DDA fix Couzens Park and Main Street!