LAKE ORION, Mich. (WXYZ) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer is joining the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to help re-develop the former Lake Orion High School into 89 housing units, the Governor announced today.

This development is part of the bipartisan Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) program, with the project estimated to generate $31 million while driving new activity into the area. The project is getting a $1.5 RAP grant to help support the project. No word yet on what the timeline for this project is.

“On behalf of the MEDC, we are pleased to work with communities across Michigan and invest in their resilience through the RAP program as part of our placemaking efforts in support of the state’s ‘Make It in Michigan’ economic development strategy,” said Michele Wildman, MEDC’

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