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News and Events in Flat Rock, Michigan
By Joe Pagano
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By Joe Pagano
YOUR 2019 Riverfest is HERE. You can save by stopping the following Flat Rock Businesses to get the coupon and the activity schedule including the bands and children’s activates. There is something for EVERYONE at this year’s Flat Rock Riverfest.
Atwater Street Tacos | Atwater/Arsenal Street |
Biggby Coffee Flat Rock | Telegraph Road |
Blue Heron | East Huron River |
Capt. Nemo’s | Telegraph Road |
Flat Rock City Hall | Gibraltar Rd. |
Flat Rock Community Center | Maguire Street |
Flat Rock Hardware | East Huron River |
Flat Rock Public Library | Gibraltar Rd. |
Jim’s Butcher Shop | Telegraph Road |
Leo’s Coney Island | Telegraph Road |
Masserants Feed & Grain | Telegraph Road |
Public Service Credit Union | Vreeland |
Strands | East Huron River |
Wimpy Burger | Gibraltar Rd. |
Zorba’ Coney | Telegraph Road |
By Joe Pagano
This year’s annual “Chalk The Walk” takes place on Saturday June First at HuRoc Park from 11AM to 1PM. Chalk The Walk is presented FREE to the public. This fifth Annual Event is presented by Flat Rock Our Hometown and the Flat Rock Downtown Development Authority. Chalk the Walk is where children of all ages along with their families and friends can draw on the walkway at the HuRoc Park in downtown Flat Rock. The event is sponsored by Michelle Davis at ReMax Masters, Flat Rock who provides the chalk to artist of all ages, and Biggby Coffee of Flat Rock who will provide drinks.
Thanks to both of these local businesses.
Artist of all ages are welcome to draw on the walkway around HuRoc Park.
By Joe Pagano
With spring in the air everyone wants to do a little clean-up around the house. Well the Garage Sale Committee is giving you a chance to make money on that old stuff. On Saturday May 18th and Sunday May 19th the City Wide Garage Sales in Flat Rock takes place. The City will do all the advertising for you. All you have to do is get a permit from the City Hall clerk’s office. The homeowners get to thin out the items it their home and make some money, customers get great deals from the sellers, the city makes a little on the permits and the Society of St. Vincent DePaul gets items for resale at their stores. You can donate those remaining from your sales the Society of St. Vincent DePaul by bring them to the city hall parking log at the end of the day. Remember, NO mattress, chemicals or gas driven devices are accepted.
Once the permits are paid for, the city compiles the list and with a city map, Sue Farrar hands out the list the weekend garage sale at City Hall.
The City Wide Garage sale is conducted twice a year, one the weekend after Mothers Day in May and one the weekend after Labor Day in September. If you would like to help in any way with the next garage sale please contact the city clerk’s office at the Flat Rock City Hall at 734-782-2455 x6 or call Sue Farrar at 734-782-9476.
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By Joe Pagano
Flat Rock Our Hometown along with the Flat Rock DDA operate and sponsor events in the downtown and surrounding area.
Events for 2019 include;
Other activates sponsored by the Flat Rock DDA are
All of these events are FREE to the public because they are sponsored by your local Flat Rock businesses along with the Flat Rock DDA and Flat Rock Our Hometown.
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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.