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Metro Shores Credit Union Breaks Ground for a New Office Building

August 24, 2011 By Joe Pagano

Metro-Shores-Credit-Union-Ground-BreakingOn Wednesday afternoon August 24, 2011, the groundbreaking ceremony took place on first new address on the new section of Vreeland Road in Flat Rock.  Metro Shores representative along with city, county, state and federal government officials were watching as Mayor Jonathan Dropiewski and CEO of Metro Shores Donna Follbaum threw the first shovel of dirt representing the start of new credit union build.  Metro Shores Credit Union, a Trenton based company, has been in Flat Rock on Telegraph Road in the CVS Plaza for over 11 years.  Donna Follbaum said she was committed to stay in Flat Rock so she started to look for property to build.  She continued by saying that she and Metro Shores received great support from the Mayor and Economic Director George Mans.  Mayor Dropiewski was happy to support her effort to stay in Flat Rock.  The Mayor also praised the Downtown Development Authority and Planning Commission for their quick call to action with a short deadline.  Both the Mayor and Donna talked about Flat Rock as a business friendly town.

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The first Euro-American settlers in Flat Rock were Michael Vreeland and his five grown sons between 1811 and 1820. Michael had been captured by British Rangers during the Revolutionary War and released after American independence.

The family purchased 800 acres (3.2 km2). The town was called the Village of Vreeland until 1838 when the Vreeland family sold off the majority of the land and relinquished control of the area. The Vreeland families built the first grain and lumber mill, having brought the grinding stones from New York.

Descendants of Michael Vreeland still live in the town and attend Flat Rock public schools, being the seventh generation to reside in the town their family founded.

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