Farmington Hills gears up to build new, green City Hall
Get ready for more construction in Farmington Hills this spring, this time the city itself will be doing the building. City officials are nailing down the final details for plans to renovate City Hall this year. Construction is set to begin this spring and finish by the end of 2010.The current City Hall is a mishmash of buildings and additions that have been cobbled together since the first 6,000-square-foot building was built in the 1950s. It currently scores a 38 on the Energy Star scale of 100. The new City Hall would score significantly higher as the city plans to make it a gold level LEED certification. The environmentally friendly features are expected to save $9 million in energy and operation costs. City officials have been allocating money for this project for years, so taxes won’t have to be raised to pay for the project.Source: Gillian Pines, spokeswoman for the city of Farmington HillsWriter: Jon Zemke
Get ready for more construction in Farmington Hills this spring, this time the city itself will be doing the building.
City officials are nailing down the final details for plans to renovate City Hall this year. Construction is set to begin this spring and finish by the end of 2010.
The current City Hall is a mishmash of buildings and additions that have been cobbled together since the first 6,000-square-foot building was built in the 1950s. It currently scores a 38 on the Energy Star scale of 100.
The new City Hall would score significantly higher as the city plans to make it a gold level LEED certification. The environmentally friendly features are expected to save $9 million in energy and operation costs.
City officials have been allocating money for this project for years, so taxes won’t have to be raised to pay for the project.
Source: Gillian Pines, spokeswoman for the city of Farmington Hills
Writer: Jon Zemke
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