• Arts Commission

    Livonia has 26 commissions on topics ranging from sustainability to the economic development of Plymouth Road. VRS will spotlight the activities and opportunities for engagement with each of these commissions. Today we’re looking at the Livonia Arts Commission. The Livonia Arts Commission exists to create, promote, develop, sponsor, sustain, facilitate, and further the Arts within…

  • Meet The VRS Team

    Vote.Run.Serve-Livonia is committed to transparency, accountability and community engagement. For that reason, we wanted to share the names and faces of the people behind the posts you see on this page. We are all volunteers and this page is not funded in any way. Carrie Budzinski founded Vote.Run.Serve in 2020 in order to make information…

  • July 11th – City Council Meeting

    The Consent agenda and meeting minutes from past meeting was approved. The annual audit of city’s housing department for fiscal year 2021 (ending November 30, 2021) was completed. A summary can be found here: https://civicclerk.blob.core.windows.net/…/390ee5d4… The following passed with a majority vote: Motion by council member Bahr directing the law department to draft an ordinance…

  • Update: Livonia’s New Housing Development

    Livonia, despite its perception of being built out, approved new residential development site plans in 2021, expanding or developing four unused sites: the previous site of Webster School, located in Castle Gardens; the former Washington Elementary, located in Clements Circle; Lyndon Park, previously Adams Elementary School, and a new development located off Newburgh and Ann…

  • 6/20 LPS Board of Education Special Meeting

    Appointment of Emerson Assistant Principal: Anthony Abbate (Director of Personnel & District Services) introduced, and the Board approved the appointment of Nicole Graziano. Approval of Collective Bargaining Agreements: Anthony Abbate introduced, and the Board approved the following CBAs (separate votes) between LPS and the LPA (Livonia Paraprofessionals Association), the LEA (Livonia Education Association), the AFSCME…

  • 6/13 LPS Board of Education Regular Meeting

    Video: https://youtu.be/wJRNepxvuco There was a Special/Closed Meeting (Labor Negotiations Discussion) and Public Hearing (Proposed 2022-2023 Budget & Millage Rates) held just prior to this meeting. District Update from the Superintendent: Mrs. Oquist appealed highlights across the Districts, including High School Graduations for Churchill, Franklin, Stevenson, the Skills Center and the Transition Program; the tradition of…

The VRS Team

Vote.Run.Serve-Livonia is a volunteer run platform launched by Carrie Budzinski and Brian Weiss in December 2021. Heather Fowler is the community engagement correspondent. Michael Testa is the correspondent for Livonia Public Schools. All are Livonia residents.

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