Sun, 05/16/2021 - 11:35am Robert Tomlinson
County Planning Comm., regional planning group to review ordinance; master plan to also be reviewed
By:
Robert Tomlinson, News Director
FABIUS TWP. After a roller coaster two days of contentious meetings in Fabius Township Tuesday and Wednesday, township officials voted to put a pause on an increasingly controversial solar energy ordinance.
During Tuesday’s Fabius Township Planning Commission meeting, commissioners voted to recommend to the main township board a request to send the township’s solar ordinance to both the St. Joseph County Planning Commission and the Southcentral Michigan Planning Council to review the ordinance, which the township board approved Wednesday by a unanimous voice vote.
Sturgis Journal
Seedling sale orders due April 15
Officials from the St. Joseph County Conservation District said the period to make an order through its annual spring seedling tree sale ends next week.
Carolyn Grace, director of the agency, said orders will be taken through April 15.
Pick-up date for fruit trees is April 23. All others will become available in May.
Grace said there will be a drive-through pick-up format at the county fairgrounds. The pick-up event coincides with”Yards, Barns and Brews,” 2-8 p.m. May 7 and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. May 8.
The annual sale features conifers, conifer and deciduous trees, shrubs and fruit trees.