WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:02.100 --> 00:00:10.870 align:start position:0% foreign edition of Farmington Hills in Focus I'm your city manager Gary mchen it was recently my honor to present dozens of loyal Farmington Hills employees with Awards based on their years of service or special recognition through our outstanding employee award program not only did we celebrate Milestone anniversaries of five years all the way through 35 years but we also honored employees who have made significant contributions to the city during the past year including firefighter of the Year Lieutenant Brian Hewitt police officer of the year Sergeant Ryan ute outstanding civilian employees of the year including Stephanie kymer Tammy gushard Jessica Guzman Dunn and Dan Monticelli and our employee of the year Jennifer Robertson congratulations to all of our winners now let's get a look at upcoming events in the city from hills host Stan Nunn Stan thanks Gary it was a great event congratulations to all here at the hawk Community Center we just wrapped up an amazing summer of camps kids had fun with all kinds of activities from Dance Theater ballet hip-hop stomp improv art and so much more but the fun doesn't stop for fall we have so many events coming up joining us with the preview is one of our counselors lakira Young lakira I'm standing here on the hawk main stage we we have an incredible concert season planned with over 40 different performances Happening Here on the main stage and in our black box theater and I hope to see you there in September on the 15th we have Planet D no net kicking off our Jazz series then on the 18th drag queen bingo and the black box theater on the 24th our main stage concert series kicks off with the whiskey Charmers [Music] there is something big happening each month here at the hawk I am so excited to be kicking off this new season and I hope to see each and every one of you there back to you Stan thanks lakira and welcome to the team we look forward to more of your reports in the future our cultural arts department also has a new tool under its belt the hawk Makerspace is set to open to the public on September 13th the Makerspace with support from Bosch empowers makers of all ages and abilities by providing access to a huge space filled with saws and Sanders in the wood shop industrial sewing machines and 3D printing in our craft lab and so much more if you purchase a pass you'll have access to the equipment during Open studio hours you can also sign up for classes and workshops passes can be purchased at the guest services desk at the hawk one two three employees recently teamed up to take a swing at supporting suicide awareness the eighth annual safe softball tournament took place at Founders Park and featured some of the city's finest battling it out on the softball field all funds benefit Farmington safe and the Graham E Smith memorial fund and this year funds exceeded expectations allowing safe to continue to work on behalf of the community September is officially Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in the city of Farmington Hills another battle is brewing in September the battle of the badges blood drive takes place on Wednesday September 14th from 8 A.M to 8 pm at the caustic Center this annual event features a friendly competition between the Farmington Hills police and fire departments where donors can cast their vote for either Department with their blood donation to register head to redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code caustic Center to set up an appointment and just a reminder all city offices will be closed on Monday September 5th due to the Labor Day Holiday all garbage Recycling and yard waste pickup will be delayed by one day during that week save the date looking ahead to October the Citywide open house will take place on Saturday October 8th from noon to 3 P.M on the city hall campus on the corner of 11 Mile and Orchard Lake the free event is fun for the entire family but especially for the kids they can hop inside fire trucks police cars and giant dump trucks and excavators try on a firefighters uniform try to run through the obstacle course See Fire and safety demonstrations meet Dozer the canine police dog and visit the crime scene land play games win prizes and jump in a bouncy house decorate a snow plow and new this year a food truck rally well that's it for this month's Farmington Hills in Focus have a great September see you next month [Music] foreign [Music] 00:00:10.870 --> 00:00:14.390 align:start position:0% 00:00:14.390 --> 00:00:17.090 align:start position:0% 00:00:17.090 --> 00:00:19.370 align:start position:0% 00:00:19.370 --> 00:00:21.650 align:start position:0% 00:00:21.650 --> 00:00:23.450 align:start position:0% 00:00:23.450 --> 00:00:26.390 align:start position:0% 00:00:26.390 --> 00:00:29.570 align:start position:0% 00:00:29.570 --> 00:00:31.550 align:start position:0% 00:00:31.550 --> 00:00:34.130 align:start position:0% 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