HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Out with the old to buy for the new.
That’s the idea behind a planned fundraising effort by the City of Holland to pay for dressing up the exterior of the Holland Civic Center while the interior gets renovated. During this past Wednesday’s business meeting, Mayor Nancy DeBoer and her Council colleagues discussed various suggestions, from selling discarded items such as balcony seats and surplus items to creating legacy opportunities such as paver blocks and bricks, trees and auditorium seats, and naming rights for various aspects of the facility.
As for when renovation work will begin, a number two pencil with an eraser may be needed in formulating a time frame. “Asbestos removal begins in March,” DeBoer said in an appearance today on “WHTC Morning News.” “That’s going to be a bit of an extensive job because this isn’t a brand new building. The last I heard is the shovels hit the ground (this) July, and then the ribbon-cutting is scheduled in September of 2018.”
Anyone with other fundraising ideas is asked to contract the Holland City Manager’s office.
