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Holt Hometown Festival

The 12th annual Holt Hometown Festival is August 27 and 28. Free family fun starts the day with a parade, continues with activities for all ages and concludes with a fireworks show. Visit the Holt Hometown Festival web site for all the details.


 

Old electronics, laundry jugs will help build 'Gill-again'

Have old cell phones, MP3 players and computer equipment that you don't know how to dispose of? Here's a way to recycle them and help give Holt's famous Gill a facelift. It's easy!

  1. Gather the old electronics (cell phones, MP3 players, dvd players, etc.) you want to recycle.  Click here to go to the 'Gill-again' recycle page at Gazelle to indicate what you have to recycle and get a free postage paid box.

  2. Once your box arrives, mail your electronics in the postage paid box.

  3. Proceeds from the value of the electronics will be used to build 'Gill-again,' the newly refurbished version of our favorite finned buddy, and to support the Delhi Charter Township Recycling Center.

Gill wins tri-county award

Holt's favorite fish on four wheels was a winner in the recent Tri-County Waste Reduction Awards Program. The mission of WRAP is to publicly acknowledge residents, businesses, governments, educational institutions and non-profit organizations in Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties that have exemplary waste reduction and recycling practices and encourage others in the community to increase their efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Gill was developed by the Delhi Charter Township Public Services Department to promote recycling awareness. In collaboration with the Holt Community Arts Council, this temporary sculpture — a colorful, three-dimensional blue gill — came to life at the 2008 Water Quality Awareness Week Open House held at the Delhi Township Recycling Center. Open House visitors helped attach approximately 2,500 empty laundry detergent bottles to a pre-built frame that was 25-feet long and 15-feet high.

Now, Gill is two years old! Still as popular as ever with a growing facebook fan page, he's starting to show his age.  You can help build Gill-again! Drop off your empty laundry jugs at the Delhi Charter Township Recycling Center so Gill can get some new scales.  Just put your jug in the box for the corresponding color.


 

Holt Community Arts Council announces "Music in the Garden" 2010 lineup

The Holt Community Arts Council's popular Music in the Garden concert series is back for its third year. The free, family friendly concerts will take place in July and August at Veterans Memorial Gardens Amphitheatre in Holt.  Not only has Music in the Garden been a tremendous success – it’s already become a beloved and much-anticipated summer tradition in Holt.

Mark your calendars now. All concerts are from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

July 29 - Sunny Wilkinson and Ron Newman Jazz Band

Sunny Wilkinson and Ron Newman are local jazz legends.  Vocalist Sunny Wilkinson performs regularly at jazz festivals and clubs across the country. She has sung with the Count Basie Band, Rob McConnell, and the Boss Brass.

August 5 - Sea Cruisers

For more than 25 years, the Sea Cruisers have been performing music from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.  Their unique take on rock 'n' roll makes them a local favorite.

August 12 - Those Delta Rhythm Kings

Focusing on jump blues and the little big band sound of the 1940's and beyond, the Kings play the music of legends like T-Bone Walker, Roy Brown, and B.B. King along with original compositions and modern classics.

August 18 - Blue Coyote Band
(Originally scheduled on July 22 rained out - rescheduled for Wed. Aug. 18)

These talented Lansing musicians will entertain you with Top 40 country and new original songs. They have opened for Tim McGraw, Travis Tritt, Leanne Rimes, among others.

For more information visit the Holt Community Arts Council web site.


 

Do you have questions about your assessment notice?

The property assessment procedure and your assessment notice can seem overwhelming.  The Delhi Township Assessing Department is happy to answer your questions. Please visit the new Assessing FAQ's page to find answers to your questions.  The page offers Q&A's, resources, links and information so you can learn more about the assessment and appeal process.


 

Get live alerts through Nixle

To be quickly notified of area emergencies and other important information that may not be pertinent for the township web site, facebook or twitter, Delhi Township residents may now subscribe to the Delhi Township Nixle site.  The Nixle site provides the user with the ability to sign up for instant notification in cases where information needs to be disseminated to the public quickly.

Nixle is a Community Information Service providing one source for access to credible real-time community information. Nixle provides communities throughout the country with news and information that is both proximate and personally relevant. Nixle makes this information instantly available over web, mobile, and smart phone devices.

As an example, Delhi Township Public Works may have a road closed, and a message may then be sent out to subscribers updating the community on the road closure.

There is no cost for this service.  Any interested Delhi Township resident may subscribe by going to www.nixle.com.

When signing up, you will first fill in pertinent information, then be directed to a page wherein you can specify what information you wish to receive, i.e., a Delhi Township resident may request information for Holt, Delhi Township and Ingham County, or you may wish to request only Holt information.


 

Live roof placed on Sam Corey Senior Center

The Live RoofTM has now been placed on the roof of the new Sam Corey Senior Center. This live vegetation roof is just one of the reasons the newest building in Delhi Township is considered LEED certified. LEED is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

The roof will provide the already operating Sam Corey Senior Center with a better way to reduce heating and cooling costs, increase the roofs life span, reduce stormwater run off, filter pollutants and carbon dioxide out of the air and also filter pollutants and heavy metals out of the rainwater. 

For a virtual tour of Holt’s beautiful new senior center that was built with an environmental conscience, visit the Sam Corey Senior Center page at http://delhitownship.com/parks-SeniorCenter.htm.


 

Township saves with natural lawn care

Sheep were purchased this spring and have been grazing on two large plots of township land at the Waste Water Treatment Plant.  The sheep munch contently under the watch of a llama that protects them from coyotes and wild dogs.

 The natural approach to lawn care should save the township $10,000 or more compared to the costs of mowing six months out of the year. The township has found the sheep can munch in places where lawn mowers can't mow. Once a year, a week was spent trimming steep, rocky slopes on the land.  The sheep have taken care of the slopes, saving additional money and man-hours.

Not only that, instead of consuming gas and polluting the air with fumes from power equipment, the township will actually have something useful when the sheep's work is done: wool.  Their wool has been made into socks and are available for sale. Sock sales are a fundraiser with the proceeds going back to the sheep project.

Of course, there may also be another by-product of the project: lambs. Any offspring will be offered to local kids in the 4-H program.


 

Township receives award for "poo to power"

The Delhi Charter Township Wastewater Treatment Plant has been honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for innovative efforts to protect our environment.

The Delhi plant received the PISCES (Performance and Innovation in the SRF Creating Environmental Success) award for developing the state's first integrated biomass-to-energy digester system, in which residuals or “leftovers” from the wastewater treatment process are “digested” (treated and stabilized) so they can be safely returned to the environment as nutrient-rich biosolids. The heat and energy component of this system will reduce the demand for natural gas and electricity, yielding an annual energy savings of more than $75,000. The new digester should go online by this summer.

“We are honored to have our work recognized by the EPA,” said Sandra Diorka, Director of Public Services for Delhi Charter Township. “The digester system represents another important advance toward sustainability in Delhi Township.” Township Supervisor Stuart Goodrich added, “The digester project is the latest stride taken by the township in its ongoing commitment to recycling, reuse, environmental education, and a ‘green’ approach to wastewater and solid waste management.”

The Delhi Township plant serves more than 25,000 people in the township and two small portions of the city of Lansing. "It is an honor for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recognize one of Michigan's wastewater treatment facilities for their innovative, efficient, effective protection of the environment," said Director Steven Chester, who presented the award.


 

Where do my taxes go?

Many residents who pay their summer and winter tax bills at the Treasurer's Office ask where all their tax money goes.  While the Township's Treasurer is responsible for collecting the tax bill, the Township receives only twelve percent of the total bill.  So where does the rest go?

For a typical home worth $150,000 within the Holt School District and paying a tax bill of $3,000, Delhi Township keeps $355 with the remainder distributed to the following taxing units:

State of Michigan = $398
Ingham County = $635
Ingham Intermediate School District = $397
Holt Public Schools $663
Lansing Community College $252
Capital Area District Library $103
Capital Area Transportation Authority $197

Each one of these units provides valuable services to the residents of our community.  If you need additional information on how each unit spends your tax dollars, please do not hesitate to contact that unit.  For questions relating directly to Delhi Township, please contact the Township Treasurer at 694-0333 or the Township Manager at 694-2137.


 

Take a video tour of Delhi Township's Wastewater Treatment Plant

Learn how the wastewater process works and about the "first in the state" technology that is the center of the POTW upgrades.  The video was filmed at the annual POTW open house as part of Water Quality Awareness Week last May.

This page was updated August 31, 2010