Press Release | Office of the Mayor | This Week in Westland : November 23, 2019

For Immediate Release | Official Press Release

PRESS RELEASE

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

36300 Warren Road | Westland, Michigan | 48185

Office 734.467.3200 | Fax 734.422.1230

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This Week in Westland

November 23 , 2019 - December 1 , 2019

The Westland Police Department invites you to have Coffee with the Cops - on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 am. at Biggby Coffee located at 36640 Ford Road. This is an opportunity for members of the community to speak with Police Chief Jeff Jedrusik about public safety in their neighborhoods, in an informal and open conversation. This meeting is open to all Westland residents and business owners.

Scheduled Upcoming Civic Meetings - Residents are invited to attend the upcoming City meetings. Below is a list of the meetings with their date, time and location:

The Commission on Aging will hold a meeting on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at the Friendship Center, located at 1119 Newburgh Road.

City Offices Will Be Closed in Observance of The Thanksgiving Holiday - All city offices, including the 18th District Court and William P. Faust Library will be closed on Thursday, November 28, 2019 and Friday, November 29, 2019 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. There will be no trash pick up on Thursday, November 28, 2019. The trash will then be delayed by one day beginning, November 29, 2019 through the rest of the week.

"Stuff a SWAT Truck" - The Westland Police Department will again be holding "Stuff a SWAT Truck" on Friday, November 29, 2019. The truck will be placed at the Target store located at 35401 Warren Road, (Warren between Wayne and Central City Parkway). Please bring unwrapped toys to this event is to benefit the Westland Goodfellows "No Child Without a Christmas" program, which supplies local children with presents they might not otherwise receive.

The City of Westland is holding a Holiday Poster Contest for Kids - open to all Westland residents or Wayne Westland School students grades K-6. Students are asked to make a poster with the theme of "What an All American Winter Holiday Looks Like to Me". Poster entries must be turned into their school office or Westland City Hall no later than November 27, 2019. The entries will be displayed in the City Hall Art Gallery during the Deck the Hall event, on December 9, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. where attendees will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite. First prize for the contest is a guaranteed white holiday, with a truck of snow being delivered to the winner's home! Second and third place finishers will win free movie tickets and passes to Airtime Trampoline and Game Park.

The City of Westland Proclaims "Small Business Saturday" - The City of Westland is celebrating Small Business Saturday on Saturday, November 30, 2019. Small Business Saturday, which started in 2010, falls on the Saturday after Thanksgiving and is the counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This holiday encourages shoppers to patronize local, small businesses. You can visit www.cityofwestland.com to view all of the sales going on in Westland for the event.

Save the Date - "Deck the City Hall" - Join us for the City of Westland's Annual "Deck the City Hall" Event on Monday, December 9, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. This is a FREE event with fun for the entire family! Everyone will gather in front of City Hall to sing Christmas Carols and welcome Santa and Mrs. Claus to Westland. After they help Mayor Wild light the Official Christmas Tree and City Hall grounds, everyone is invited inside for free cookies and hot cocoa. There will be arts and crafts, as well as supplies to write letters and lists for Santa. Those can then be put in Santa's mailbox that goes right to the North Pole. Children will also have a chance to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus. As part of Westland's Compassionate City Initiative, anyone who brings $5.00 per child or $10.00 per family monetary donation for "Shop with a Hero" or an unwrapped toy for the Westland Goodfellows toy drive will get a Fast Pass to see Santa and will be able to skip the line.

Curbside Compost is ending on December 13, 2019 for the season - Compost is picked up the same day as regular trash. Your compost should be separated from your regular trash by 4 feet. Reminder the limit is ten (10) compost bags or five (5) garbage cans, with a weight limit of below 50 pounds. Just a reminder: compost is garden waste, grass clippings, leaves, hay/straw, pruning debris. Tree branches need to be cut down to 4 ft. or less and no larger than 3 inches in diameter and put in small bundles and tied with rope or twine. You may put out 10 bundles per week.

Wayne County Annual Lightfest has returned for the Holiday Season - The lightfest runs through Tuesday, December 31, 2019 the only day it is closed is Christmas Day. The lightfest drive offers five miles of colorful displays and at the end, visitors can stop and visit Santa's Shelter for refreshments and and photos. For more information please call 734-261-1990. The fee to drive through the spectacular displays is $5.00 per vehicle. On December 3, 10 and 17, visitors can donate a new unwrapped toy in lieu of paying the entrance fee.

For more information, please call (734) 467-3200

Westland, Michigan is the state's 10th largest municipality, with a population of over 84,000 people who exhibit a great deal of pride in their All-American City. Westland has a thriving business community along with beautiful residential areas. The citizens enjoy a wide array of amenities and a quality of life that is second to none.

In 2014, Westland was rated as one of 24/7 Wall Street's America's Best 50 Cities to Live, offering residents and visitors an ideal blend of single-family affordable homes, apartments and condominiums, great schools, and access to numerous outdoor activities. Public safety is delivered by full-service, professional law enforcement and firefighting personnel. Westland Police Department, whose motto is protect and serve, provides emergency dispatch services to four cities and over 100,000 residents; the Westland Fire Department are licensed paramedics who responded to over 9,000 calls for service last year, about 85% being medical based. They never forget their mission of preserving life and property.

Westland is well-known as the premier destination for shopping and dining in Wayne County with hundreds of shops and restaurants anchored by the Westland Shopping Center, one of the country's original four regional malls.

Infinite opportunities are available in Westland for the recreation aficionado including, more than 40 parks and 1,500 acres of trails, a 9-hole golf course, hockey arena, athletic fields, playscapes, a Farmers and Artisans Market and more. One of Michigan's most environmentally friendly cities, Westland has a progressive curbside recycling program with one of the highest participation rates in the nation and the City is raising the bar for cultural experiences with the placement of public art throughout the City.

The City is served by two public school districts; Wayne-Westland Community Schools serving 12,000 youth was recently named one of the Best School in Michigan by WXYZ-TV and is the proud recipient of 14 Golden Apple and two Michigan Blue Ribbon Exemplary School Awards. Livonia Public Schools, educating nearly 15,000 students, is proud of their MEAP/MME scores that exceed state averages and the District has also earned Golden Apple and Michigan Blue Ribbon Exemplary School Awards.

The City provides competitive incentives for those who are interested in investing in Westland, making it one of the hottest investment markets in the region. Our Fast-Track to Business Team, which consists of key decision makers who work diligently on a development plan will "cut the red tape" and expedite the approval process for new business development.