• Excellent health care: The new Providence Park Hospital is just months away now, and what a health care campus it will be.
   
• Great public safety services thanks to the men and women of Novi's fire and police departments.
   
• Excellent schools and top-notch teachers. Thank you, Mr. Langley and the many others who make Novi's school what they are.
   
• Solid representation at the county and state level thanks to Hugh Crawford, Nancy Cassis and Craig DeRoche. Keep up the hard work, and keep fighting those tax increases!
   
• Great shopping - the best in the region got even better this year with the expansion of Twelve Oaks Mall.
   
• Quality local government: An uncontested mayoral and city council race; a winning team and no campaign lawn signs.
   
• The Novi Wildcats - consistent winners
  on and off the field.
   
• Great service from the various city departments; Novi has indeed become a customer oriented and business friendly city.
   
• Community volunteers: The Novi Parks Foundation, scoring some big donations from some major sponsors for the benefit of all.
   
• Thoughtful voters who approved school and library ballot issues this year.
   
• Great food and drinks for a quarter-century from "Mr. Moe" Leon of Moe's on Ten.

We the People are very pleased with the direction Novi has been heading lately, thanks to the efforts of our good mayor, city council, municipal employees, state and county reps, and of course the People.

For all of this we definitely give thanks.

 p.s. - Congratulations again to Novi Mayor David Landry and Bob Gatt on their reelections, and to Novi's "Golden Girl" Kathy Crawford and #1 Novi cheerleader Dave Staudt - welcome to city council folks.