Who’s speaking? Faith Morrison, League of Women Voters of the Copper Country, along with  Commissioner Chair Tom Tikkanen, Commisioner Gretchecn Janssen and Sheriff Josh Saaranen

Who’s sponsoring?  The League of Women Voters of the Copper Country

 

Faith Morrison, co-president of the LWVCC, is a member of the large committee of community members and court/county stakeholders that has been working with the jail-designing experts from AbonmarcheByce and Securitechture, who are designing the jail project.  The AbonmarcheByce and Securitecture team has completed more than twenty corrections projects in the U.P., including the design of the Delta County Jail (completed in 2018).

 

The finalist plans for the HoCo Jail will be formally presented to the Houghton County Board for discussion at their special meeting on April 15, 2025, at 10 a.m. in the courtroom in the Houghton County Courthouse (open to the public). The discussion meeting on April 2 at the Portage Lake District Library is intended to provide an atmosphere where community members can see the plans, ask questions, and generally learn more about the proposed project and its costs before attending the April 15 County Board meeting.

 

The finalist plans for the jail project are public documents and will be shared at the PLDL meeting.