Business & Development

Published March 22, 2019

Good n’ Plenty Resale Shop closing after 31 years

WARREN — You know what they say about all good things. The Good n’ Plenty Resale Shop, located on Van Dyke Avenue south of Nine Mile Road in Warren, will most likely come to an end by the end of March. Owner Melodee Wieske is retiring, and the exact future use of the property remains uncertain.

Published March 22, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Work continues at senior center after renovations

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — The work done to improve the kitchen area at the Tucker Senior Center in Harrison Township has gotten mixed reviews. Some have made complaints about issues such as a busted garbage disposal, freezing water pipes, unfinished walls and countertops, mismatched tiles, and rust and burn marks on a new stainless steel restroom grab bar.

Published March 22, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Feasibility study just the start for local art

MOUNT CLEMENS — The Mount Clemens Foundation and the Anton Art Center recently received an $18,500 grant award from the DTE Foundation to invite Artspace to the city to conduct a feasibility study for potential future art and life expansion.

Published March 20, 2019

Troy Times

Urban zoning for 12 acres on John R postponed due to traffic, density concerns

TROY — The Troy Planning Commission praised the design of the proposed buildings but postponed a request to rezone just under 12 acres on John R Road, north of Big Beaver Road, adjacent to Kroger, from multifamily residential to a more intense urban residential use.

Published March 20, 2019

Troy Times

Troy City Council uncorks plan for wine-tasting room/restaurant

TROY — A new Napa Valley-style tasting room and 242-seat restaurant will make its place on Big Beaver Road.

Published March 20, 2019

Troy Times

Planning Commission OKs Holiday Inn in Troy

TROY — The third time was a charm for a Holiday Inn proposed for the parking lot of Tower Drive, near Crooks Road, north of Long Lake Road.

Published March 20, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Public hearing held for grant application

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Several residents voiced their opinion on whether or not Macomb Township should move forward to purchase land for a nature preserve park in the township’s northeast corner.

Published March 19, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

New broker hired to represent former incinerator property

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — After a year and a half of marketing hasn’t produced any buyers, officials with the Grosse Pointes-Clinton Refuse Disposal Authority are switching to a new real estate broker for their long-vacant incinerator property in Clinton Township.

Published March 19, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Neighborhood party store getting new home

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — A landmark local business is moving — but not far. Jerry’s Club Party Store, at 381 Kercheval Ave., will be relocating to 383 Kercheval, the building next door. As Robert Ertzbischoff, of Grosse Pointe Construction, which is undertaking renovations on the new location, pointed out, it’s only 1 foot — and one wall — away from the current space.

Published March 19, 2019

Advertiser Times

Boy Scouts program aims to help young people, businesses

DETROIT — The Boy Scouts of America is putting out a call for local businesses to help prepare young people for the workforce.

Published March 18, 2019

Woodward Talk

Final skate park design presented to City Council

FERNDALE — One month after the city of Ferndale selected Geary Park as the location for its skate park, it also has finalized the design of the skate park.

Published March 18, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Utica to sell Riverside 175 senior housing

UTICA — The city of Utica decided to sell its Riverside 175 senior housing complex at the March 12 City Council meeting, and the building will be put up for bids.

Published March 15, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

TIFA to finance bathhouse renovation

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Members of the Tax Increment Finance Authority, or TIFA, voted March 12 to award a $1.2 million contract to renovate the bathhouse at Blossom Heath Park to Rick Fromm Co. LLC.

Published March 15, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

The Lake House merges with Gilda’s Club Metro Detroit

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Nearly eight years after opening its doors to those living with cancer on the east side, The Lake House will keep its mission — but get a new name, as it merges with Gilda’s Club Metro Detroit.

Published March 15, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Mission to help homeless comes to St. Clair Shores Senior Activity Center

ST. CLAIR SHORES — It’s something one might expect to see at a senior center — dozens of people sitting around, crocheting.

A sign marks a vacant area along 17 Mile Road, near Van Dyke Avenue. Sterling Heights approved a planned unit development proposal to build three hotels on the property at a March 5 City Council meeting.

Published March 15, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Council approves trio of hotels near Van Dyke corridor

It might break the rules in Monopoly, but the Sterling Heights City Council successfully approved a plan to put three hotels on a stretch of property along 17 Mile Road, near Van Dyke Avenue.

Published March 15, 2019

Warren Weekly

ReStore looks to relocate its south Warren location

WARREN — Macomb County Habitat for Humanity does a good deal of business by giving the public good deals on donated home furnishings and building materials at its ReStore location on Van Dyke Avenue, just north of Nine Mile Road.

Published March 15, 2019

Warren Weekly

Allegiant Nonstop family entertainment center nears completion

WARREN — Video games. Virtual reality simulators. Electric go-karts. Multilevel “zombie apocalypse” laser tag. Ten lanes of bowling. Black light miniature golf. A climbing wall. Bumper cars. Build-your-own pizzas.

Published March 13, 2019

Rochester Post

Mad Money March returns to downtown Rochester

ROCHESTER — Those who shop or dine in downtown Rochester this March will have a chance to start spring off with shopping sprees of up to $1,000. The Rochester Downtown Development Authority is hosting its sixth annual Mad Money March event, which DDA Events Coordinator Jenna O’Dell said is an incentive to spend dollars in downtown Rochester to be entered in a drawing for a chance to win shopping sprees of $1,000, $500 or $250 at participating businesses.

Published March 12, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Board approves renovation plan for Maple Theater

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved plans to renovate the Maple Theater late last month, along with an amendment to the theater’s liquor license agreement to reflect those changes.