Brighton DDA OKs Purchase of Land on North StreetBrighton DDA OKs Purchase of Land on North Street

11/21/12 - At its meeting Tuesday, the Brighton Downtown Development Authority approved purchase of the Lueker property on North Street, adjacent to the Pierce Street parking lot. The DDA will purchase the small parcel for a price of $2,500. The DDA debated whether to have a phase one environmental study done at considerable expense and in the end decided it wasn’t necessary, given the future intended use of the land. For the time being the property will sit undeveloped, but DDA Chairman Bob Herbst tells WHMI that tentative future plans are to develop it into a small park. The property is located downhill from the Pierce Street parking lot and lies on the banks of South Ore Creek, fronting North Street. DDA Director Matt Modrack says the city does not have any intentions of using the extra land to expand the Pierce Street parking lot. He says the parcel drops down to the creek and is undevelopable for that purpose. However, he says the DDA contemplates perhaps building a boardwalk or footbridge across the creek to connect with the parking structure that is planned in the next couple of years for the property immediately east of the creek. (TT)