Liberty & Division

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“Holiday lights” going up in the park on a sunny warm afternoon. It is inevitable. Yet I wonder why not just leave them up all year? Wouldn’t it be less expensive? [photo]

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One Comment

  1. By Dave Askins
    October 5, 2010 at 11:27 pm | permalink

    At least in the case of Liberty Plaza, the lights were taken down so that the trees could be trimmed. From a mid-summer report on DDA-city talks:

    However, following up on some information from an audience member at the meeting, The Chronicle spoke by phone with John Teeter of First Martin Corp. about First Martin’s current supplement of maintenance in two Ann Arbor parks – Wheeler Park just north of the DDA district, and Liberty Plaza at the corner of Division & Liberty, located squarely in the DDA district.

    According to Teeter, First Martin paid for the tree trimming at Wheeler Park this year and is handling the mowing, trimming and edging through this year’s mowing season. They’ve also repaired the steel fence around the playground area. In Liberty Plaza there’s no area to be mowed, but First Martin will be taking care of the tree trimming as soon as the holiday lights are taken down.