Dear Farms Residents:
It is difficult to find words to describe what Grosse Pointe Farms and our surrounding communities experienced this past weekend. The devastation caused by this disaster continues to grow. Thus far, almost 6,000 homes in the Grosse Pointes, and dozens of businesses, experienced substantial loss of personal and business items. My heartfelt condolences go out to each and every family that lost so much this past weekend.
What we know thus far is we experienced a rainfall like none other. The early indication is that something went wrong with the Connor Creek pumping station in Detroit that may have contributed to the flooding of basements and streets. We are working closely with the other Pointes and Harper Woods to ensure that we get answers as to what happened. We are talking to Wayne County, the Great Lakes Water Authority, Detroit and state and federal officials, on an almost daily basis to find out what happened and what type of financial support we can get to assist residents.
After a year-long pandemic, and the heartache it caused, this was salt on a slowly healing wound. Yet, despite all this, we witnessed neighbors pulling together to assist and console one another - a shining example of togetherness in an often divisive world.
The Farms has created a separate web page providing information about the flooding, forms for impacted residents to fill out, rubbish collection and more. Here is a link to that page: grossepointefarms.org/basementflooding. I urge all of you to go there to read more about what we know and for future updates.
Thank you all for the love and support you have shown each other.
Louis Theros
Mayor, Grosse Pointe Farms
