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Great Lakes Takes Crematorium Proposal to Township

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI-After being rebuffed in Fraser, crematorium officials hope to open a new facility down the road here, this time choosing an industrial area as a site.

By Dan Heaton | Updated on January 13, 2005

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI-A crematorium company is hoping to put a controversial move attempt behind them and find a new home here. Plans for the Great Lakes Crematorium to open a facility in Fraser went up in smoke late last year when residents handily opposed the business’ move to their community.

Now the company, a division of the St. Clair Shores-based Great Lakes Mortuary Services LLC, has applied to locate its crematorium on 15 Mile west of Harper, an area zoned for heavy industry. The township board of supervisors last month unanimously approved an ordinance mandating that crematoriums be placed at least 300 feet from a residential area and prohibiting them from keeping corpses on site for more than five days.

Supervisor Bob Cannon says the Great Lakes crematorium would help boost the city’s struggling industrial base. “We wanted to help the industrial area where we have vacancies,” Cannon says. “It’s a viable business. As long as they’re a good business in our community and pay their taxes, we welcome them.”

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