Save Roosevelt Building from Demolition

The Issue

Roosevelt Elementary is a beautiful and STURDY 104-year-old school building in Keego Harbor, Michigan. Despite endless community opposition, the West Bloomfield School District has signed contracts to abate and demolish this beloved building in the heart of our tiny city.

Time is running out, but WE ARE STILL FIGHTING AND NEED HELP!

A generous $1.7M offer to purchase the building has been ignored.

Selling the building for $1.7M would also save on projected demolition costs and generate $2.25M in cost savings for taxpayers, compared to the District's current profit estimate of $600k.

Alarmingly, the School Board has not publicly debated this or any other purchase offer/letter of intent, nor have they explained a reason for their demolition votes. 

Our list of concerns goes on, but so does our fight to preserve the irreplaceable Roosevelt Building! 

We need citizens of Keego Harbor and our neighboring communities, as well as those who are passionate about historic building preservation to sign this petition and speak up in support of marketing the property and repurposing our beloved Roosevelt building. 

In addition to signing this petition, please join our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saveroosevelt 

This is only inevitable if we allow it! 

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The Issue

Roosevelt Elementary is a beautiful and STURDY 104-year-old school building in Keego Harbor, Michigan. Despite endless community opposition, the West Bloomfield School District has signed contracts to abate and demolish this beloved building in the heart of our tiny city.

Time is running out, but WE ARE STILL FIGHTING AND NEED HELP!

A generous $1.7M offer to purchase the building has been ignored.

Selling the building for $1.7M would also save on projected demolition costs and generate $2.25M in cost savings for taxpayers, compared to the District's current profit estimate of $600k.

Alarmingly, the School Board has not publicly debated this or any other purchase offer/letter of intent, nor have they explained a reason for their demolition votes. 

Our list of concerns goes on, but so does our fight to preserve the irreplaceable Roosevelt Building! 

We need citizens of Keego Harbor and our neighboring communities, as well as those who are passionate about historic building preservation to sign this petition and speak up in support of marketing the property and repurposing our beloved Roosevelt building. 

In addition to signing this petition, please join our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saveroosevelt 

This is only inevitable if we allow it! 

The Decision Makers

West Bloomfield Board of Education
West Bloomfield Board of Education
Dr. Dania Bazzi
Dr. Dania Bazzi
Superintendent

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Petition created on October 2, 2023