Hello, Wayne Citizen, visitor or soon-to-be Wayne resident! Wayne extends a heartfelt welcome to you! 
Notice: The City of Wayne will no longer pick up leaves raked into the street
If you have seen a crime please report what you have seen. The WPD Eyes on the Street Confidential Witness Police Tip form is designed to help you anonymously repot any criminal activity. Wheelfest 2010 |
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State-Wayne Theater
Now Showing...
Eat Pray Love,
Dinner for Schmucks, The Expendables andVampires Suck
Michigan Rail Forum, Sept 15th - You are Invited
The Michigan By Rail Forum will be held in Dearborn, 6-8pm, Sept 15th, Fairlane Center South, Dining Room B. It is part of a series of public forums taking place throughout the state to engage citizens on a vision for the future of Michigan's freight and passenger rail system.
The event will include an overview of the existing system; an interactive rail mapping session; discussion of financing issues and a big-picture vision of the future of Michigan's road system.
Forum cities include Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Dearborn, Detroit, East Lansing, Grand Rapids, Holland, Traverse City, Holland, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, New Buffalo, Royal Oak, and St. Joseph / Benton Harbor.
For more information, click here, or please visit Michigan by rail.org.
Please participate and make your voice heard, Wednesday, September 15, 6- 8pm, Fairlane Center South, Dining Room B, 19000 Hubbard Dr., Dearborn, MI 48126.
Weatherization Assistance Program Offered
City of Wayne residents may qualify for a weatherization program funded by the Department of Energy and coordianted by Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency.
The program is free for qualified low-income residents who are in need of energy saving measures for their home. This could include an energy audit, ceiling and wall insulation, or furnace repair.
Weatherization improvements generally reduce energy use and save an average of 30 percent on heat/utility bills. All of this is done by qualified contractors, with no cost to the qualified resident.
For more information call:
Bill Carlson, Facilities and Home Rehabilitation Director
Wayne Metro's Main Service Office
2121 Biddle, Suite 102
Wyandotte, MI 48192
734-284-6999
Or, for more information and specific eligibility requirements and application materials, go here >>>
We are Golden!
Wayne turned golden yesterday. More than 150 people witnessed the event, too!
We celebrated our 50th year as a City with a beautiful showing of friendship, an Ice Creams social and a Time Capsule burial.
The Time Capsule, to be opened in 50 years, holds a myriad of items, from a 50th Anniversary Mug and various newspaper articles, to Roosevelt Elementary School third grader, 
Braeden Latour's letter to the children of the future.
It was another beautiful day to be a citizen of the City of Wayne!
Go here to read Braeden's letter >>>
City of Wayne Financial Sumaries Now Available
City of Wayne's Goodwill Garden
The City of Wayne's Goodwill Garden was created as a collaboration between the 29th District Court, Wayne Youth Services, and Wayne Rotary Club in order to give the juveniles and adults in our community volunteer opportunities. The Goodwill Garden is located east of the Police Department next to Ace Radiator Shop on Michigan Ave. Wayne Metro Community Action Agency donated all the plants, seeds, and tools necessary to get the garden growing!
The community of Wayne has been very generous and we have received multiple other donations from a variety of organizations. All food harvested in the Goodwill Garden is being donated to St. Mary's Outreach Center Food Bank to supply the citizens of Wayne with nutritious food.
The Goodwill Garden is always looking for volunteers to help work in the garden and we accept volunteers of all ages! Please contact Carie Vella at the 29th District Court at 734-419-0179.
Go here for Volunteer form >>>
Citizen Satisfaction Survey Final Report
Go here for the complete review of the City of Wayne Citizen Satisfaction Survey results and FAQ >>>
The study is part of a non-profit program called the Cobalt Citizen Satisfaction Index. It gives local governments solid citizen-based data to support resource decisions, improve services, measure progress, and build public trust. Because the index is a trusted independent assessment, the credibility of the data is unmatched.
The index is powered by the patented technology of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (the ACSI.org), the well respected standard of customer satisfaction metrics for both government and the private sector. The ACSI measures over two-thirds of the United States economy and produces scores for more than 100 federal government agencies.
City Council Meetings Now on Website
City Council meetings are now viewable on the City website. Go here, then click Posted in the Video column for the desired meeting >>>
Nixle Community Information Service
Effective July 1, 2010, the City of Wayne is utilizing the Nxle Community Information Service to send important, valuable community information directly to residents.
Explained Robert C. English, Assistant City Manager, “The Nixle Community Information Service allows the City to create and publish messages to be delivered to subscribed residents instantly via cell phone text message and / or email. Notifications can also be accessed online at Nixle’s web site at www.nixle.com."
“Messages may include important advisory messages, as well as other relevant traffic, safety and community event information. The service is reliable and free for the City of Wayne to use,” he said.
The messages can be sent specifically to residents registered within a ÂĽ mile radius, giving them the opportunity to receive trustworthy information relevant only to their neighborhood. Residents decide from which local agencies they want to receive information. Subscribers can also choose the way in which alerts are received, whether it is by email, text message, or over the web. There is NO spam and no hidden cost. Standard text messaging rates may apply.
Nixle builds on the foundations of other public-to-public communications services, such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, but adds a key component: security. When citizens receive information form our agency via Nixle, they know it can be trusted.
“Nixle is a first-of-its-kind tool for communities that need to provide critical information to their residents,” said Craig Mitnick, Founder and CEO. “In today’s world, you have to trust the source of your information. Residents of Wayne can rest easy that the local messages they receive are authentic.”
Residents of the City of Wayne and those in neighboring communities can immediately begin receiving pertinent information via text message, email and web by registering at www.nixle.com or just click here:
"We are very excited to have you experience it yourself," said English.
About Nixle
Nixle is a community information service provider built exclusively to provide secure and reliable communications. It is the first authenticated and secure service that connects municipal agencies and community organizations to residents in real time, delivering information to geographically targeted consumers over their cell phones (via text messages), through emails and via Web access. Nixle has secured a partnership with Nlets (the International Justice and Public Safety Network), allowing local police departments nationwide to send immediate alerts and advisories. Privately funded Nixle, which has offices in New Jersey and California, is free to all governments, their agencies and organizations, nongovernmental organizations and consumers. For more information, visit www.nixle.com.
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