Marysville City Council

Developers are proposing a 54-unit, three-story facility labeled as a 55-plus community, shown in the rendering on the right. The facility would locate within the Water and Light District on North Main Street just south of Elwood Avenue. (Graphic submitted)

Ed Mickelson, pictured at right, explains Marysville’s 2026 Vision Plan during the annual State of the City event Monday night. Mickelson and Carmine Russo, center, consulted the city through its planning process last year before officials adopted it during a meeting last month. Also pictured at left is Donald Boerger, city council vice president. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Marysville City Manager Terry Emery prepares for a pre-recorded segment to the State of the City video set to appear at the annual event on Monday, March 2. This year’s presentation will be held at Honda Marysville with a social hour starting at 5 p.m. and the official event kicking off at 6 p.m. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Marysville purchased 248 acres of land as part of the Dorral Farms property on Hinton-Mill Road over the weekend. While the whole property, nearly 500 acres, went up for auction, the city secured a few large sections, parcels 13, 14 and 15, shown on the map above, for a future water plant/reservoir. (Graphic submitted)

Jerome Fire Chief Doug Stewart, pictured above, was met with applause at the township association meeting Thursday night after giving an impassioned statement about how local fire departments struggle to manage emergency calls to the two data centers in Jerome Township. He warned that more data centers may serve to overwhelm EMS services and urged trustees to put them in check. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)

The preliminary plat for Trotter’s Gate, the single-family section of Marysville North, was approved by the planning commission this week. That development includes subareas B and D, as shown in the graphic above. (Graphic submitted)

A rendering shows the planned apartments along North Main Street, one of the first projects for the Water and Light/Silos project set to start work next month. (Graphic submitted)

One of Holland’s winter attractions is the newly built Holland Ice Park, shown above. Funds from a local resident helped build the ice skating pond, 700-foot skating ribbon and a separate curling sheet, which runs each year from November to March. (Photo submitted)

Marysville City Council will consider a zoning amendment for Cook’s Pointe, the development between Route 31 and Route 4 north of Marysville, at the next meeting in February. The request would clear up the development’s zoning text for the various subareas shown in the map above. (Graphic submitted)

Marysville resident Michelle Cunningham addresses city officials during the community visioning meeting at the Avalon Theatre Wednesday evening. Residents shared their thoughts on the progress of the visioning project and what they would like to see happen in the city. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Consultants Carmine Russo, pictured at left, and Ed Mickelson, at right, lead into a presentation on Marysville’s community visioning event Wednesday. The visioning project, which began in earnest last year, recently wrapped its second phase and will be moving into the third phase of the process. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

The gathering space site plan for the former Eufinger Law Office on Court Street includes a covered pavilion, shown above in the center-left with the brick pattern, a trellis at the bottom right and various plant and landscape fixtures. The general location of the existing house is represented by the red box at the top. Marysville officials discussed the plan at Monday night’s city council meeting as they anticipate work to pick up in the next month. (Graphic submitted)

Marysville City Manager Terry Emery announced he is leaving the city later this year. Above, Emery is shown addressing community members during the 2025 State of the City event last year. (photo submitted)