THE FIRST LET'S MOVE HALF MARATHON IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH. IT IS THE BIGGEST RUNNING EVENT IN MACOMB COUNTY'S HISTORY, WITH OVER 1600 RUNNERS FROM NINE STATES & CANADA. SO FAR, EIGHT TOWNSHIP BUSINESSES HAVE SIGNED UP AS EITHER CHEER ZONES OR SITES FOR PARTIES. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE RACES WILL BRING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO OUR COMMUNITIES & BUSINESSES (STUDIES INDICATE APPROXIMATELY $405 TO $415 OF ECONOMIC IMPACT PER RUNNER, OR $664,000). WITHIN THREE YEARS, THE RACES ARE EXPECTED TO GENERATE INCOME TO HARRISON TOWNSHIP, TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY & PARKS, SIMILAR TO THE BROOKSIE WAY IN OAKLAND COUNTY.

THE RUNNERS WILL TRAVEL INTO OUR TOWNSHIP FROM MT. CLEMENS EASTBOUND ON SOUTH RIVER ROAD. THE EASTBOUND LANE WILL BE CLOSED. THEN THE RUNNERS WILL TRAVEL SOUTH ON JEFFERSON, INTO METRO BEACH, AROUND THE PARKING LOT, & THEN BACK ONTO SOUTH BOUND JEFFERSON AROUND TO TUCKER PARK. THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF JEFFERSON WILL BE CLOSED. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN HIRED BY THE RACE ORGAINZERS TO DIRECT TRAFFIC. THE RACE IS ESTIMATED TO RUN FROM APPROXIMATELY 8:30AM TO 1PM, WITH THE SOUTH RIVER LANES CLOSING & OPENING EARLIER & THE JEFFERSON LANES CLOSING & OPENING LATER. THERE WILL BE A DETOUR FOR TRAFFIC ON SOUTH RIVER WEST OF JEFFERSON FROM 9AM TO 11 AM.