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The Flat Rock Community Center has re-Opened with New Procedures

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KNOW BEFORE YOU GO!

The Flat Rock Community Center, recreation area, is NOW OPEN with updated rules and procedures for your safety.

  • You Must – Mask up
  • You will take a quick – Health screening
  • Your account will be Updated upon entry

They ask you to be patient as they to go through these extra steps to keep everyone safe.

The current hours are  M, W, F 6 am-11:30 am & 3:30 pm-8 pm.
NOTE: the pool will close a half hour before the building (11 am & 7:30 pm).

The recreation department will have extra staff ready to help where needed. They are looking forward to seeing everyone again!

They also have a new and improved website that will keep you up to date and changing programing.  Click here for their site.

A Spring Walk through HuRoc Park 2019

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This weekend was a beautiful Spring weekend in Flat Rock with folks visiting HuRoc Park in the downtown area. There were people walking, biking, skate boarding, playing basketball, and fishing. Everyone just enjoying a spring weekend at the park. Here are some pictures from Saturday at HuRoc Park.

A Spring Day fishing at HuRoc Park in Flat Rock, Mi.

The outside tables and chairs are up and ready for the spring season at Atwater Street Taco. A view from HuRoc Park.
Rapid Flow through the lower section of the Huron River though HuRoc Park.
Kids playing on the basket ball court at HuRoc Park in Flat Rock, Mi.
Playing with the family dogs at HuRoc Park in Flat Rock.
Big Catch, a 24″+ Steel Head along the Huron River in Flat Rock.

Motor City Canoe and Kayak Rental -FR Our Home Town Business of the Month-August 2018

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Motor City Canoe and Kayak Rental Atwater and Telegraph Flat Rock, Mi FROH Business for the Month of Aug. 2018

Motor City Canoe and Kayak rental opened in Flat Rock in 2016. Owners Alex Knoch and John Blevins think that Flat Rock is the perfect location combing retro style with old town charm.

Alex came up with idea as there was really no place downriver to canoe or kayak. Alex was a Boy Scout and had worked with the scouts up north for years with canoeing and kayaking. His friends asked him where they could rent canoes and kayaks in the area and seeing none south of Ann Arbor, Alex decided to open a place since there was a significant need.

Their location at Atwater near HuRoc Park in Flat Rock is the perfect entry point. Patrons can do a short 2 hour trip to Dodge Park or a longer 5 hour trip to Lake Erie.

Flat Rock Our Hometown (FROH) is excited to highlight Motor City Canoe and Kayak to our business community. It’s a perfect addition to our downtown that highlights why Flat Rock is quickly becoming a destination and recreation hub downriver. Just a note, it’s nice to have young business owners invest in our city, Alex is only 26 and now successfully runs other locations on top of starting in Flat Rock.

During the month of August, Motor City Canoe and Kayak is offering rent one get the other rental half off, Monday thru Thursday.

Contact Motor City Canoe and Kayak by visiting their website at www.motorcitycanoerental.com or calling 313.473.9847. You can book outings by phone or online.

WELCOME TO FLAT ROCK

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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