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IC has a reputation of families moving to it and... never leaving. we have multiple families that have been here for practically ever. We have the Morocco's (That's me), the Vandyke's, the Vandenberg's, the Herrera's the Evard's (an impressive family of 10) and many others!

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IC was founded by a man named William H. Imlay in 1850, making the town a whopping 168 years old!

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In addition to the people, Imlay City is only 3 square miles! of those 3 square miles, we are made up of a lot of muck land, and farms. That is something IC was famous for many years ago. Farmers came from all over to settle in IC for the rich farm land.

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I really want to emphasize the small, small size of Imlay City. There may be roughly 3,000 people, but it is so small. it is hard to go anywhere without seeing at least 10 people you know. I used to love that, but coming home from school and running to Kroger takes an hour instead of 10 minutes because people stop you to chat and ask about school.

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Our town colors are blue and Gold, hence the color of the posts on this padlet. I normally would say school colors, however IC has a LOT of pride and we take every opportunity to represent the school. We even (embarrassingly) have a school flag that is displayed practically everywhere you look in town.

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Here is a link to Imlay City's official website!

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Chester Marcol, a placekicker for the Green Bay Packers lived in Imlay City after his family moved from Poland

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Another attraction in Imlay City is woods and water. This is for the hunters and fishermen in the area, and has many many things! They have gun tents, RV sales, Dog competitions, and most importantly- good food.

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My entire family (with a few tiny exceptions)lives in Imlay City, all in a little row. We've always lived in IC, and before that we didn't even live in America!

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This Padlet is about my BEAUTIFUL HOMETOWN, Imlay City, Michigan. IC is located in the thumb of our great state, and is about 40 minutes north of Detroit, 40 minutes west of Port Huron, and 40 minutes east of Flint :)

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IC is the only town in the county with fairgrounds. So, we have the county fair every year! It is so much fun to see all the animals and tents, and go to the Bump'n'Run and all the rides!

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Imlay City is home to the pickle factory. I never noticed until I left for college and came back, but the town smells a lot like pickles because of it. To make matters worse, it is right by the schools so the schools smell like it! But it never bothered me when I was there!

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I graduated from ICHS! Our other schools include Weston Elementary(K-2), Borland Elementary(3-5), ICMS(6-8), and ICHS(9-12). There is also a private Cristian school(K-8). The schools are all on a little private road called schoolhouse drive.

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Imlay City's population is 30% Hispanic. This lead to an abundance of Mexican restaurants and grocery stores downtown. Every day after school my dad would take me to Ruiz's Taqueria for tacos.

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Imlay City is home to the blueberry festival! This comes as a shock to many, because we don't have blueberry fields or anything, but years and years ago it had many of them! Every year for the festival my grandma and my great-grandma would take me blueberry picking, just like they did when they were kids.

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It's small, but it's home.