8/8/13 - A new $7.5 million church building has received final site plan approval in Hartland Township. The River Church has been meeting in the Hartland High School Performing Arts Center for the past several years, and now plans to build a new church building on a 74-acre property located on M-59 west of US-23. The 40,000 square foot facility will seat 900 congregants. The project includes a new left-turn lane on M-59 and egress lanes out of the church property. After recommending a few minor changes to the site plan, the township planning commission recommended approval for the church on July 25th. The Township Board of Trustees granted that approval on Tuesday. River Church Director of Operations Mark Frego tells WHMI organizers are still finalizing construction documents and looking for land use and right-of-way permits from MDOT, but they hope to begin construction later this month. If everything goes as planned, the new River Church building should open by October of next year. (TD)
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