2025 May Recap Planning Commission & Board Meeting

📰 The Spring Communicator

• By May 2, you should have received the Cannon Township Communicator in your mailbox or PO box.

• It’s packed with everything you need to know about what’s happening in our community.

• I love coordinating the Communicator—it’s one of the best ways we stay connected across departments.

• it’s a joy to see each person’s personality shine through:

  • Supervisor Grimm always gets me laughing with his candid takes.

  • Trustee Olson wraps his updates with his trademark: “Wishing you a life well lived in Cannon Township.”

  • And I hope when you read the business feature or Planning update, you feel a little more proud to live here too.

• We could live anywhere—and we choose Cannon Township. That’s pretty awesome.

📖 Read the Spring Communicator online
📍 Pick up a printed copy at:

• Honey Creek Inn

• Timbers

• The Acorn Resale Shop

• True North Nutrition

• Ric’s

• Cannon Township Office

If you’d like to host a distribution stand, reach out at jes@swiftprinting.com or call 616-915-5370.

🏛️ Board Meeting Highlights – May 12

Meeting Agenda & Minutes

This was our only board meeting in May due to Memorial Day.

Key Updates:

• Trail Art Installation: Artwork is coming to the trail behind the Township Office—at no cost to taxpayers!
  Big thanks to Jeff Grill and Kenny Chambers for their coordination with Parks & Rec.

• 2025 Tax Rate: Will be “lower” than 2024 due to the Headlee Millage Reduction Factor.

• Parks & Rec: A motion passed to spend up to $15,000 on their upcoming master plan.

• Shout-out to Mark Radius for his kind email about the Communicator. Thank you—it’s an honor to serve!

🏗️ Planning Commission Meeting – May 13

Meeting Documents from March meeting

Agenda Highlights:

• Rockford Storage (8905 Belding Road):

  • Special Land Use/Site Plan approved for recommendation to the Board.

  • Text Amendment to Section 450-23.24 (Mini Warehouse and Self-Storage Facility) recommended for approval.

• Special Land Use Request for 7259 Davies Dr (Randy Schmidt): Approved.

  View Meeting Packet

🗓 Next Planning Commission Meeting: June 10 Packet