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We have lived across the street from the mill pond for 46 years. We have enjoyed watching the swans, geese, ducks, and even an Eagle. People fish and kayak on the mill pond and the river. I also worry about the effect this will have on the Shiawasee River and surrounding marshes.
Kathleen supported: Save the Historic Stiffs Mill Pond Dam!I lived in the beautiful village of Holly for 17 years. This Mill Pond is an important part of it’s history and charm. I hope it will be preserved.
Robert supported: Save the Historic Stiffs Mill Pond Dam!I have lived across from the millpond for 46 years. I am an artist and have done several paintings of the mill pond, Water Work Park and Rose Township. I want the area preserved for my grandchildren and families to enjoy fishing, kayaking and etc. indont want it to be remembered just from my paintings.
William supported: Save the Historic Stiffs Mill Pond Dam!The mill pond damn needs to stay it’s beautiful an so many species live in the water not only that our ducks , geese and swans , families love to kayak an fish as well it would cause so much damage to property’s draining the pond an taking the damn out as well so many memories people have at the mill pond ! I have lived here with the millpond water front for 37 years ! I can’t understand why take away something so beautiful an so many animals that live on or under the water !!
Angel supported: Save the Historic Stiffs Mill Pond Dam!As a life long Holly resident the Mill Pond encapsulates a way of life in Holly.To destroy the dam is akin to destroying our way of life in Holly.A way of life we all enjoy.We live here for our wetlands and the wildlife surrounding us.SAVE HOLLY’S WAY OF LIFE!
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Timothy supported: Save the Historic Stiffs Mill Pond Dam!My name is Ashley Schuler, and I live in the Cogshall neighborhood of Rose Township—just upriver from the Holly Mill Pond. I’m writing because our community is facing a looming crisis that requires swift, decisive support from Holly & Oakland County.
The State of Michigan has officially declared the Holly Mill Pond Dam as dangerous. Unless Holly Township or Oakland County allocates the funds to repair it—an estimated $2–3 million—the dam will be drained. And when that happens, it won’t just affect the pond.
It will turn the Shiawassee River behind my neighborhood into a muddy stream and marshland, destroy the waterfront property we’ve paid taxes on for years, and devastate both the environment and our home values. The scenic beauty and the small-town recreational life—gone.
But it gets worse.
Every single home in my neighborhood—120 households—is on a private well. When the Davisburg Mill Pond was drained under similar circumstances, nearby residents experienced severe well failures. Many of them, like Shelly Patterson, were never warned. They had to pay out of pocket to redrill—upwards of $10,000 per home. That's $1.2 million in forced well replacements just for our small community.
Many of our residents are low-income, elderly, or on fixed incomes. Others are renters, who will see their rents skyrocket if landlords are forced to replace wells. They can't afford this. None of us can.
This is a human issue, not just an infrastructure one. And we are asking: how is it fair that our community should pay $1.2 million to deal with the consequences, when the repair of the dam itself would cost the county just slightly more?
Please—we are asking for your help. This is not just about preserving a pond. It's about preserving property values, safe drinking water, our environment, and the quality of life for hundreds of Oakland County residents.
Let’s not make the same mistake that was made in Davisburg. Let’s fix the dam—and let’s do it before we face irreversible consequences.
Thank you.
Ashley supported: Save the Historic Stiffs Mill Pond Dam!I hold water rights in the same neighborhood but different ditch. I would not want this to happen to me. One shouldn't have to hire an attorney to fix this the county commissioners should be taking the lead on this.
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