

If you wish to be added to the Forum mailing list just send a request to You will get meeting reminders, meeting notes and nothing else.Karl Fink is the proud father of three incredible children. The Forum is co-moderated by Karl Fink and John Hansen. The group meets on the first and third Saturdays of the month. The purpose of the Forum is to create an opportunity for interested women and men to gather to discuss important issues facing our community. The Dexter Forum is supported by the Dexter Wellness Coalition as part of the 5 Healthy Towns initiative to “help connect with others in healthy ways”. Info at The next meeting of the Dexter Forum will on Saturday, February 17 at 8:30 AM at the Dexter Wellness Center.įor those of you who plan ahead (way ahead) we may have to relocate our meeting on May 19 because the Wellness Center staff has a training meeting. Jason Maciejewski promoted the Change Makers Boot Camp sponsored by the Huron River Watershed Council. James Episcopal Church on Thursday, February 15 at 6:30 PM where the topic will be human trafficking also known as sex slavery. Michael Champ encouraged attendance at the next Coffee and Conversation at St. Karl Fink encouraged attendance at the next meeting of the Dexter United Methodist Men’s (men being loosely defined as all persons) breakfast on Saturday, February 10 at 8:00 AM where the speaker will be Joe Evans talking about the Dexter Rotary Club’s STRIVE program which supports students in our alternative high school program. This gave Julie Stone from E4DS (Excellence 4 Dexter Students) a chance to promote that group’s effort to “preserve, support and expand critical programs for our kids”. Another report showed Dexter to be the 9th wealthiest school district (out of over 500) by income in Michigan. It was mentioned that real estate listings recently showed only 26 houses for sale in the Dexter school district that were under $600,000 with several over $1,000,000. This led to a discussion about the high cost of housing in the Dexter area. It found that a lack of enforcement of current parking limits was a part of the problem along with either a lack of knowledge of or a lack of willingness to walk a little distance from available spots off of Main Street. We really have not talked about this very much but we did find out that the city commissioned a parking study recently. One of our new attendees brought up the subject of parking in downtown Dexter. Those of you who are still worried about nuclear war with North Korea should take the time to learn more about the care of leaf snorking machines.

The City of Dexter facilities committee has morphed into a council committee of the whole and has taken on the added responsibility of finding a good home for the new leaf snorking machine. Apparently we are still waiting for the Michigan Supreme Court to decide whether it wants to hear the appeal. Top quality used goods at rock bottom prices with all profits reinvested in community projects.Īnd speaking of community service….we reviewed the status of the taxability of our very own wellness center. We congratulated our own Al Ruhlig on the great article about him in We Love and also Doug Marrin, the author of the article.ĭale Leslie from the Kiwanis club of Ann Arbor dropped in to promote the new location of the Kiwanis thrift store on Jackson Road near Staebler (across from Menards).
