Monthly Archives: August 2016

Anchor Initiative offices are located in the Consumers Energy Innovation Center in Downtown Jackson (photo by Ryan Kerwin, JTV) The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Anchor Initiative have signed a 16-month agreement to align missions and share staff and resources.   Mindy Bradish-Orta has served as the President/CEO of the Jackson County Chamber and Experience Jackson for 9 years. She assumes the additional role of Anchor Initiative President/CEO, effective today.    “In its search for a new Anchor Initiative President/CEO, the Board of Directors for both the Anchor Initiative and the Jackson County Chamber decided a partnership was the most efficient and effective way to accomplish both missions,” said Terry Mierzwa, chair of the Anchor Initiative and chief of staff for Consumers Energy.   In 2014, 16 local businesses, schools and the Chamber formed the Anchor Initiative in an effort to create a more vibrant downtown that would attract and retain a talented workforce.  Since then, it has been working under the leadership of Allan Hooper who recently elected to start a consulting firm.    “The alignment of both missions made this a natural fit for both organizations,” said Josh Burgett, chair of the Jackson County Chamber and…

Construction scheduled this upcoming week in the city of Jackson include: Roadway on Edward to be graded with gravel base Sawcutting to take place on Francis Street Portions of Jackson and Francis Streets closed Six-hour water shutoffs to take place on Mechanic Street Edward and Winthrop Local Street Reconstruction In the past week, the new water main pipe on Edward was connected to the city-wide distribution system at Winthrop and the water services for the houses on Edward were connected to the new water main.  Currently, the contractor is working to connected the new pipe to the city-wide distribution system at Wildwood and connect the commercial water service at Wildwood to the new water main. Once those two tasks are accomplished, all water main items will be complete and the old water main will be abandoned. Next week, the roadway on Edward will be graded and gravel base placed. By the end of next week or the beginning of the week thereafter, the concrete crew will be on site to place new curbs, driveways and sidewalks. Francis Street between Washington and Glick The project to upgrade sidewalk ramps and repave Francis Street began this week. Over the past week, temporary…