Business & Development

Published June 11, 2019

Berkley DDA receives accreditation from National Main Street Program

BERKLEY — The Berkley Downtown Development Authority had reason to be happy on Monday, June 3, as it was presented with a certificate of accreditation as a National Main Street Program. The Berkley DDA was presented with the accreditation by Main Street Oakland County at the most recent City Council meeting.

Published June 11, 2019

Woodward Talk

Axle Brewing’s Livernois Tap to close

FERNDALE — After operating for two years, a drinking staple of Ferndale will be closing its doors. Axle Brewing Co. announced on its Facebook page that it will be shutting down the Livernois Tap restaurant, 567 Livernois Ave., at the end of the month, with its final day scheduled for June 30.

Published June 11, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Business owners to sue Royal Oak after court denies appeal application

ROYAL OAK — On May 29, the Michigan Supreme Court issued an order denying an application submitted in December by a group of Royal Oak business and property owners to reverse the Aug. 8 decision of the Michigan Court of Appeals, which had ruled in the city’s favor in a case challenging the civic center development.

Published June 10, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Macomb County celebrates its ‘great’ lake

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Macomb County has close to 32 miles of coastline along Lake St. Clair.

Published June 10, 2019

C&G Newspapers

ABC Warehouse-Hawthorne Appliance merges locations, moves to Winchester

ROCHESTER HILLS — ABC Warehouse and Hawthorne Appliance have joined forces to open the company’s first combined store in the metro Detroit area. Located in the Winchester District shopping center, at the southwest corner of Rochester and Avon roads in Rochester Hills, the new ABC Warehouse-Hawthorne Appliance is double the size of the company’s former 26-year storefront, a Hawthorne Appliance store near Barclay Circle and Rochester Road.

Published June 10, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Installation of natural gas pipeline progresses in Shelby Township

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Progress is being made on the 7.5 miles of natural gas pipeline that is being installed along the ITC corridor, where power lines run through Shelby Township.

Published June 7, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Partial opening of Gino’s Surf still expected this summer

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Gino’s Surf, the longtime vacant banquet hall, restaurant and bar on Jefferson Avenue in Harrison Township, may still offer dining and spirits this summer.

Published June 5, 2019

Troy Times

Planning Commission OKs five-story hotel off of Big Beaver Road

TROY — After a developer upgraded the exterior building material for a five-story extended-stay hotel proposed for the Rochester and Big Beaver roads area, the Troy Planning Commission said the plans are good to go.

Published June 5, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Families make it work — successfully

METRO DETROIT — Have you ever wondered how and why family members decide to work together to make a business thrive? C & G Newspapers asked some folks who have been doing it successfully for years, as well as a family that has just branched out to the second generation.

Published June 4, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Jacobson’s retro style returns with two events

BIRMINGHAM — Just in time for the downtown summer shopping season to really ramp up, the Birmingham Museum will host two fashion-forward — or rather, backward — events for people of all ages to enjoy.

The Farmington Dressbarn, located at 33025 Grand River Ave., will begin to wind down operations after the national retail chain decided to close all 650 of its stores nationwide. The store is projected to close sometime between August and November.

Published June 3, 2019

Farmington Press

Farmington discusses what might replace Dressbarn

FARMINGTON — The Farmington Dressbarn retail store will be closing its doors before the end of the year after news broke that the national retailer, owned by parent company Ascena Retail, will be shutting down all 650 of its storefronts across the United States.

Published May 31, 2019

Madison - Park News

Environmental Citizens Committee plans new projects for Madison Heights

MADISON HEIGHTS — The Madison Heights Environmental Citizens Committee, or ECC, originally formed in 1989, but had been inactive for many years. That all changed last year when it was revived, and since then the ECC has held six quarterly meetings, the most recent of which took place May 20 at Madison Heights City Hall. The next one is planned for September.

Published May 29, 2019

Troy Times

Troy City Council concurs on cluster plan for homes near wetland

TROY — Plans for a cluster development that had been on pause from last summer so a developer could provide a traffic study on the impact to a local neighborhood got the green light from the Troy City Council May 20.

Beyond Self Storage is under construction and located on the east side of Hayes Road, a quarter mile north of 22 Mile Road. On May 21, the Planning Commission determined a ground sign meets the size requirements.

Published May 28, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Rezoning requests approved for possible senior living center

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — An independent living community, as well as an assisted living community, may be coming to Macomb Township.

Published May 28, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Panelists, public weigh in on hypothetical marijuana facilities

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Potential marijuana facilities in the community was the subject of a May 22 town hall meeting at the Clinton-Macomb Public Library Main Branch, 40900 Romeo Plank Road, where proponents and opponents of medical and recreational distribution facilities within township borders made their cases known.

Skoop pedicabs will transport visitors who utilize the free structure parking in downtown Royal Oak to their destinations four days a week throughout the month of June.

Published May 28, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak DDA to offer free parking in structures, pedicab rides

ROYAL OAK — June 1 is the day that the much-anticipated 581-space parking garage, located at 11 Mile Road and Williams Street, is set to come online. It will be accessible from 11 Mile, and in the future, a second entrance will open on Second Street.

Published May 28, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak denies Meijer’s request to use city logo

ROYAL OAK — The round orange Royal Oak city logo will not appear on an inside wall at Woodward Corner Market, the new grocery store concept by Meijer, at least for now.

Published May 21, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak celebrates completion of medical building framework

ROYAL OAK — On May 17, developers, business leaders, city officials and ironworkers gathered for the “topping off” of the six-story Henry Ford Health System medical outpatient center on what used to be the Royal Oak City Hall parking lot.

Published May 21, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak selects designer for new downtown park

ROYAL OAK — On May 13, the Royal Oak City Commission authorized Detroit-based landscape architect MKSK to design the city’s new 2-acre downtown park, to be located where the current City Hall and Police Department now stand.

Published May 21, 2019

Woodward Talk

Berkley taking action to clear sidewalks during construction projects

BERKLEY — A proposed ordinance amendment from the Berkley City Council takes aim at sidewalk obstructions during construction projects. The first reading of the ordinance was held at the council’s May 6 meeting and was approved 6-0. The second reading was scheduled to take place May 20, after press time.