President Joe Biden stops by Northville

    Several local, county and state officials welcomed a surprise visitor last week when President Joe Biden made an unpublicized visit to the City of Northville.

    The president’s visit was coordinated by Northville Mayor Brian Turnbull who worked with the offices of State Rep. Matt Koleszar and U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell to organize the visit with the Biden administration. While the visit was unannounced, local elected officials and other guests were among the 50 invited guests who met the president during the 30-minute visit. The meeting was scheduled in response to a request from Biden’s representatives contacted state elected officials seeking a locale in southeastern Michigan which complied with specific criteria, according to a prepared statement.
    The presidential motorcade traveled down South Center to West Main Street in the 90-degree heat last Friday, acknowledging spectators who noticed the formal caravan of vehicles and gathered along Main Street. The president greeted the crowd and guests at the historic Garage Grill & Fuel Bar. Members of the Northville City Council, Trumbull, Northville City Manager George Lahanas and several state and county elected officials, civic leaders, and members of the Democratic party were among the enthusiastic audience, according to an announcement from city offices.

    Dingell introduced Biden who spoke to the crowd for about 30 minutes, touching on his recent engagement at the four-day NATO meeting with 32 foreign heads of state.
    “There’s a lot changing, not because of Joe Biden being president but just a time of the significant movement we’re in. And what happens in the next several years is going to determine what the next several decades look like,” Biden told the crowd.
        Following his remarks, Biden interacted with the crowd and spoke individually with audience members before his motorcade left for Metro Airport to board Air Force One for his return to the White House.