The projects I have requested funding for FY27 are as follows:
Project Name: City of Ironwood Public Safety Department Three Squad Vehicle Purchase
Project Location: 123 W. Mcleod Street, Ironwood, MI 49938
Project Sponsor: City of Ironwood
Requested Amount: $237,000 Member Certification Form
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Description: To help purchase three new squad vehicles for the Ironwood Public Safety Department. The City of Ironwood is the only city in Gogebic County that has its own public safety department. As a result, Ironwood Public Safety is called upon to assist with needs beyond our City borders. Helping Ironwood with this purchase goes far beyond the City’s borders.
Project Name: City of East Tawas US-23 Water and Sanitary Infrastructure Replacement Project
Project Location: US-23, East Tawas, Michigan, 48730
Project Sponsor: City of East Tawas
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
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Description: This project consists of replacing the City of East Tawas’ 80-year-old water distribution system and 60-year-old sanitary sewer collection infrastructure as part of the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) US-23 reconstruction project. Funding would allow the city to replace infrastructure during MDOT’s US-23 reconstruction project to realize financial efficiencies, protect ground water and natural resources, and proactively protect the state’s investment in the roadway from potential infrastructure failures created by building a new road system over old water and sewer pipes.
Project Name: Pugsley Correctional Facility Acquisition and Industrial Park Redevelopment
Project Location: 7401 Walton Rd, Kingsley, MI 49649
Project Sponsor: Fife Lake Township
Requested Amount: $2,000,000
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Description: to acquire the former Pugsley Correctional Facility as the first step in returning the long-idle property to productive use. The campus’s size and complexity have prevented successful private-market sale or redevelopment. Township acquisition is necessary to establish site control, ensure public accountability, and enable coordinated reuse.
Project Name: Great Lakes Recovery Centers – Upper Peninsula Recovery Housing and Treatment Expansion
Project Location: 100 Malton Road Negaunee, MI 49866
Project Sponsor: Great Lakes Recovery Centers, Inc
Requested Amount: $7,500,000
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Description: The funding would be used to consolidate critical services into a centralized therapeutic campus model, increasing efficiency and access to care while reducing waitlists for men in need of residential treatment. Upon completion, GLRC’s Negaunee location will become one of the largest comprehensive recovery campuses in the Upper Peninsula, integrating residential treatment, recovery housing, outpatient care, and supportive services in a coordinated continuum.These investments address critical service gaps in a rural, geographically isolated region with high overdose risk and limited treatment infrastructure. Expanded housing and treatment capacity will improve long-term recovery outcomes while reducing relapse, emergency medical utilization, and criminal justice system involvement.
Project Name: Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District Career & Technical Education Building Renovation and Addition
Project Location: 224 Greenbriar Street Ontonagon, Michigan 49953
Project Sponsor: Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
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Description: The funding would be used to support the renovation and addition of its Career and Technical Education (CTE) facility to ensure students have access to safe, modern, and industry-standard learning environments. The project will strengthen workforce development in the region by expanding and enhancing programs in Health Careers, Welding, Construction Trades, and Food Systems and Natural Resources—fields that are essential to the economic vitality of the western Upper Peninsula. This investment represents a responsible use of taxpayer funds by preparing students for high-demand careers while supporting the long-term workforce needs of local industries and communities.
Project Name: Charter Township of Grayling Municipal Water Extension
Project Location: P.O. Box 521 Grayling Mi, 49738
Project Sponsor: Charter Township of Grayling
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
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Description: The funding would be used to complete the municipal water system necessary to address PFAS contamination from Camp Grayling Army Base, which threatens the City of Grayling’s public water supply. The project would ensure the delivery of safe drinking water to households and institutions currently ineligible for hookup under the Department of Defense remediation plan
Project Name: City of Alpena Woodward Road/Hemlock Road and Housing Infrastructure Improvement Project
Project Location: 208 North First Avenue Alpena, MI 49707
Project Sponsor: City of Alpena
Requested Amount: $5,900,000
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Description: The funding would be used to to install pavement/shoulders and water and sewer on the existing Woodward Road from Johnson St. to Hamilton Road including 6,860 feet pavement/water/sewer. In addition, we will complete a road extension from Woodward Avenue to Hemlock Lane including 1,250 feet of pavement/shoulders and water and sewer for a total of 1.54 miles of pavement/water/sewer. This project will support critical infrastructure improvements along the Woodward Road corridor in the City of Alpena; paving Woodward Avenue from Johnson Street to Hamilton Road, the extension of Hemlock Road to connect directly with Woodward Avenue, and the installation of essential water and sewer infrastructure. Together, these improvements are necessary to facilitate three major development projects along this corridor, including two new housing developments on City-owned property, housing located on the US-23 North parcel, and the construction of a new Next Generation Climbing Range on Woodward Avenue to support the Alpena Community College lineman program. The extension of Hemlock Road will create a critical and safer transportation connection between new residential developments along US-23 North, Woodward Avenue, the City of Alpena, and Alpena Community College. This project will improve access for residents, reduce reliance on high-speed highway travel, enhance emergency response access, and provide safer routes for students, employees, and residents traveling between housing, educational facilities, and community services.
Project Name: Houghton County Jail
Project Location: 19741 West Sharon Ave, Houghton Michigan, 49931
Project Sponsor: - Houghton County
Requested Amount: $2,000,000
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Description: The funding would be used to engineer and design a new Jail in Houghton County, Michigan. These services can cost around 10% of the total cost to build a new jail. Understanding that the funding threshold is limited, we request to have $2 million to help fund the engineering and design as we anticipate the total project cost to be $20 - $40 million. The jail is becoming more of a liability year after year and it’s a safety concern for the sheriffs and the local community. The current jail was built in 1963, and its not possible to renovate it due to the extent of rework that would be required by the Michigan Department of Corrections if any upgrades are done. It is apparent that we need a new jail that can accommodate a larger inmate population and address the safety concerns that come with an out-of-date layout and equipment.
Project Name: City of Iron River 2027 Water System Improvements Project
Project Location: 106 W. Genesee Street, Iron River, MI 49935
Project Sponsor: City of Iron River
Requested Amount: $1,600,000
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Description: The funding would be used for the purpose of upgrading and protecting the City of Iron River’s water system. EGLE has established through their Sanitary Survey Letter to the City that the system has several deficiencies which need to be replaced to maintain a safe and operable water system for the City’s residents and visitors. This funding would allow the city to maintain the health of its citizens and visitors, while also fortifying one of the last remaining key places of employment, manufacturing, and commerce in the city, which has suffered the same economic hardships many other Upper Peninsula communities have throughout the years.
Project Name: City of Ironwood Newport Location Water and Wastewater Improvements
Project Location: 213 S. Marquette Street Ironwood, MI 49938
Project Sponsor: City of Ironwood
Requested Amount: $1,480,000
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Description: The funding would be used to expand the sanitary system by 4,500 ft and replacing 4,000 ft of water main. The sewer system would be expanded with 8-inch sewer main for approximately 27 residents and abandon their septic systems. Shallow bed rock and poor draining soils pose a public health risk for the old, deteriorating septic systems in this area. Most of the lot sizes are either too small or oriented in a position where replacing the septic system would not be to today’s health and safety code.
Project Name: Keweenaw County Emergency & Essential Operations Center (KCEEOC)
Project Location: 1916 4th St. Mohawk, MI 49950
Project Sponsor: County of Keweenaw
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
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Description: The funding would be used for a multi-agency and purpose community building that will provide space for trainings and exercises of Keweenaw County’s 100+ emergency volunteers; house Keweenaw County’s search-and-rescue volunteers and equipment; host the essential services of the county’s road commission operations; and become the area’s designated “emergency operations center” in the event of a large-scale emergency or extended crisis.
Project Name: Cadotte Water Main Replacement, Phase 1
Project Location: Between 1909 Cadotte (Algonquin St. intersection) and 2650 Cadotte (5th St. intersection) Mackinac Island, MI 49757
Project Sponsor: City of Mackinac Island
Requested Amount: $4,800,000
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Description: The funding used will increase water safety and quality by eliminating breaks and removal of 18 Galvanized Previously Connected to Lead service lines. Replacement also provides year-round fire protection to lacking areas, including historic commercial and residential structures on the north end of the Island.
Project Name: Marquette County Medical Care Facility HVAC Upgrade
Project Location: 200 Saginaw St, Ishpeming, Michigan, 49849
Project Sponsor: Marquette County Medical Care
Requested Amount: $200,000
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Description: The funding would be used to replace one 50-ton outdoor condensing unit, piping, indoor coils. Recover and disposal of existing refrigerant. Demo and dispose existing condensing unit, piping, indoor coils. Supply and install new condensing unit, piping, indoor coils. Supply and install new refrigerant, pipe insulation, electrical controls and start up. Replace one 20-ton outdoor condensing unit, piping, indoor coils. Recover and disposal of existing refrigerant. Demo and dispose existing condensing unit, piping, indoor coils. Supply and install new condensing unit, piping, indoor coils. Supply and install new refrigerant, pipe insulation, electrical controls and start up.
Project Name: Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital Capacity Expansion Project
Project Location: Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital, 7870W US Hwy 2, Manistique, MI 49854
Project Sponsor: Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital
Requested Amount: $18,200,000
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Description: The funding would be used for expansion of healthcare capacity for a county owned, independent Critical Access Hospital in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Increases capacity for emergency room services and inpatient and swing-bed stays. This action will increase access to care, reduce waiting times for emergency medical care, and provide post-acute beds for tertiary systems to discharge patients back into the community. Provides care close to home. The funding will be used to increase capacity for patient care locally and will ease pressure on regional tertiary hospitals to accommodate the increased patient volumes which Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital is experiencing.
Project Name: Northern Michigan Rural Healthcare Training and Development Center
Project Location: 100 N. Ripley Street, Suite E, Alpena, MI 49707
Project Sponsor: Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc
Requested Amount: $1,025,000
Member Certification Form
Description: The funding would be used to build out and equip a Rural Healthcare Training and Development Center within an existing Thunder Bay Community Health Service–owned facility in Alpena, Michigan to address critical healthcare workforce shortages across rural northern Michigan. The Center will serve as a permanent training hub for apprenticeship based, debt free healthcare education aligned with regional employer demand. The applicant has already trained 40 healthcare apprentices with a 93% retention rate, demonstrating strong program performance and the need for a scalable, permanent training facility.
Project Name: Onaway Clinic Site Renovation Project
Project Location: 21258 M-68, Onaway, MI 49765
Project Sponsor: Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc
Requested Amount: $2,950,000
Member Certification Form
Description: The funding would be used to strengthen access to essential pharmacy services in a medically underserved rural community by improving clinic flow and expanding pharmacy capacity in response to significant changes in local healthcare availability. The Onaway clinic serves a geographically dispersed rural population with limited healthcare alternatives, making efficient access to care a critical priority. Presque Isle County is a fully rural county of approximately 13,000 residents, nearly one-third of whom are age 65 or older, increasing demand for accessible medications and chronic disease management. This renovation will reconfigure the main clinic interior to improve patient and staff circulation, establish a more efficient traffic flow, and expand pharmacy square footage. These improvements will support safe and efficient prescription dispensing, reduce waiting times, and enhance patient experience while allowing staff to operate at the top of their licensure. By increasing pharmacy capacity within an existing facility, the project represents a responsible investment that strengthens healthcare access and ensures rural residents can continue receiving timely medications and essential care close to home.
Project Name: UGL Ontonagon County Clinic Expansion/Renovation
Project Location: 730 South 7th Street, Ontonagon, MI 49953
Project Sponsor: Upper Great Lakes Family Health
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
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Description: The funding would be used to renovate a new building/facility due to the significant increase in patient volume following the closure of the Ontonagon County hospital. The expanded facility will allow us to increase clinical capacity, extend hours, and broaden services to ensure timely, high-quality care for this medically underserved population. The new building will also include dedicated space for visiting specialty clinics, including OB/Pediatrics from UGL as well as orthopedic and general surgery providers from the hospital. Bringing these specialty services directly into the community will reduce travel burdens and improve continuity of care to patients. Additionally, a full-service pharmacy will be integrated into the new clinic to support coordinate, convenient medication access. This project will create a sustainable, patient-centered healthcare hub for Ontonagon County. It addresses a critical gap in services, strengthens local healthcare access and ensures long-term, comprehensive care for residents.
Project Name: UGL Sawyer Clinic Expansion/Renovation
Project Location: 108 Stratofort Street, Gwinn, MI 49841
Project Sponsor: Upper Great Lakes Family Health
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
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Description: The funding would be used to renovate a new building/facility to increase access to comprehensive healthcare in one of our very rural and underserved service areas. The expanded clinic will enhance capacity for medical, dental, and behavioral health services, allowing UGL to meet growing community needs. The expansion will also include space for physical/occupational therapy and onsite pharmacy, a major advancement for patients who currently face long travel distances to fill prescriptions. Having pharmacy services in the same building will greatly improve medication access, care continuity and overall patient outcomes. Additionally, space for visiting specialist that will bring much needed specialty care directly to the community and reduce travel barriers. Through this expansion and renovation, UGL will create a comprehensive, patient-centered clinic that improves access, expands services, and strengthens the health and well-being of the rural population it serves.
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