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Hello and welcome to the 2008 season. This year, I have
decided that in order for the project to proceed
successfully, the majority of the summer will be spent doing
a great deal of construction work on the Ste. Claire. I have
spent the entire winter in conversations with several
municipalities and two things are very clear. First
EVERYBODY wants the Ste.
Claire to return and be a functional part of the Detroit
River again. Second, she has to be made more functional in
order to fulfill the mission statements of city waterfront
projects. Therefore, construction will begin in May and
continue into the fall and winter as long as weather
permits. Plans include having the main deck cabin areas and
bathrooms rebuilt, re-flooring of the entire second deck,
two bars added to the second deck, the second deck foyer
refinished, the third deck foyer redone, and the fourth deck
completely rebuilt. Contractors will do most of the work,
however, there is still considerable work for the volunteer
force to do.
Due to our
current location, we fall under homeland security rules and
volunteer workdays have to be scheduled in order to comply
with the rules. Volunteer workdays will be posted on the
website soon. Many of you have already signed up and have
been waiting to be contacted. The response has been
overwhelming but I am caught up and more frequent updates
are to come soon.
For those of
you eager to see her on the river again, I am working on
bringing the Ste. Claire back to the Detroit waterfront in
September. The haunt will run again but this time but the
Ste. Claire will have a brand new look. Construction work
will continue even when she is downtown again. Trust me, I
am as excited as all of you to get our grand lady back in
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