Social Services Office Will Remain in City, Seeks Space

Plans are underway to move the Department of Human Services offices at St. Ignace to cheaper office space within the city, Ken DesArmo, director of the Mackinac County Department of Human Services, told The St. Ignace News Monday, April 23. Mr. DesArmo confirmed that the office would remain in St. Ignace, where he said Human Services helps the largest number of people in Mackinac County.

The local department is seeking free or low cost office space in the City of St. Ignace as part of a state directive to reduce costs, he said.

The department will consult the county government and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians for ideas in seeking low cost space, he said, and those conversations are "in the beginning stages."

The Human Services office is currently at 199 Ferry Lane.