Community Information
Town of Grand Rapids Residents Packet
Download the Informational Town Resident's Packet. Print out and keep inside your telephone book
CHOOSE-TO-REUSE EVENTS OF 2011!!!!
They say one person’s trash is another’s treasure.
Hundreds of residents experienced this last year at three Grand Rapids “Choose to Re-Use” events, bringing and taking home items like furniture, fishing poles, bikes, lawnmowers, chairs, tables, clothes, and more … all for free.
Scheduled for 2011 will be three Choose to Re-Use events. Mark your calendars for the 2nd Saturday of the months of May, July and August to attend this event. The Choose to Re-Use will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Town Garage, 2811 Two Mile Ave.
Choose to Re-Use is an event where residents bring items in good working condition that they want to discard but that perhaps someone else can use(e.g. small working appliances, lawn care items, household goods, bicycles, seasonal decorations, knick-knacks, office equipment, books, CDs/DVDs/VHSs tapes/ records, clothes, etc.). Or you may take any item that you can use. You don’t have to bring items in order to take items away. The objective of Choose to Re-Use is simple-reduce the amount of solid waste in our landfills.
Photos or descriptions of large items (sofas, chairs, etc.) along with contact information will be posted at the Town Garage. Items that have fees associated with them (e.g. refrigerators, microwaves, etc.) must be signed for and will be charged if no one chooses that item by the end of the day.
Contact Town of Grand Rapids Supervisor Bill Clendenning at 715/423-2469 for more information, or if you would like to help with the event.
Invasive Plants
Two invasive plants that are posing a serious threat to local plants in the area are the garlic mustard and buckthorn. The garlic mustard plant has a hardy green stalk and small cluster of white blossoms and the buckthorn is an ornamental bush popular for its berries and flowers. While garlic mustard has just started to creep into forests and lawns in the area, buckthorn is rampant in many of the area’s forests, where it already is shading out saplings. It can reach 20 feet to 25 feet in height and 10 inches in diameter.
Download Invasive Plants PDF. More information on invasive plants can be found on the DNR’s Website, http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives
Town of Grand Rapids Public Policy and Procedure
Download the Public Policy and Procedures Manual.
- Section 1 - Buildings & Property
- Section 2 - Safety
- Section 3 - Office
- Section 4 - Employee
- Section 5 - Town Officials
- Section 6 - Public Works
- Section 7 - Finance
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Section 8 - Zoning/Ordinance