While the Keefer Hotel project remains in its pre-developmental phase, architects, contractors, and interior designers are making strides every day to move the project forward. Brant Cohen, ’18, an associate for C.L. Real Estate LLC, and said this early phase is taking just as much time as the developer expected due to the complexity of...
Ramshackle Brewing: ‘a community meeting place’
With a dry-erase bartop, tables that used to be windows, and paintings from local artists on the walls, the new Ramshackle Brewing Company in Jonesville that opened July 17, has a colorful atmosphere that pairs well with its craft beer. Though new to owning a brewery, co-owners Jessy Bigelow, Zack Bigelow, and Joe Kesselring have...
City Council votes against tax plan for proposed apartments
The Hillsdale City Council voted Tuesday to deny a special tax advantage to the proposed rent-controlled Wells Apartments. The 7-2 vote opposed a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) for Spire Development’s plan. In a previous public meeting, Tom Grywalski, the co-founder and principal of Spire Development and Spire Consulting, said the PILOT is one...
Two council seats filled and surcharge renewed in special election
In a low-turnout August special election, the city of Hillsdale filled two vacant council seats and renewed the 911 operating surcharge. Write-in Cynthia Pratt won the Ward 2 seat because there were no other nominating petitions filed for that seat. Tony Vear, the only Ward 1 candidate, won unanimously with 57 votes. Both councilmembers will...
Hospital fellowship program enters ‘wave of the future’ for pain care
Hillsdale Hospital became a clinical training site for fellows of the University of South Florida College of Nursing Pain Management this past July. Andy Beigner, a certified nurse anesthetist at Hillsdale Hospital, said the fellowship program is designed for CNRAs who have completed classes at the University of South Florida and are ready to complete...