In collaboration with the City of Detroit Housing & Revitalization Department (HRD), the Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA) announced Jan. 25 the start of its Second-Floor Residential Grant Program, which aims to convert vacant, second-floor space above commercial spaces into affordable apartment units in Southwest Detroit. The program, which will reimburse property owners up to […]
Remember the first time you watched “The Wizard of Oz” and the movie suddenly shifted from dreary black-and-white to stunning technicolor? I experienced a similar feeling last week when I escaped a cold, gray mid-January Read More
As it nears its 54th birthday, Pioneer Middle School is about to get some learning-enhancing love courtesy of the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools’ successful $275 million 2020 bond. Opened in 1969, Pioneer is on the brink of a $5 million-plus Read More
Northville Township invites the community to share its vision for the design of the future Unity Skatepark Jan. 24. The meeting is at Township Hall from 5:30-7 pm. California-based skatepark designer Spohn Ranch will be on Read More
Sam Plymale may not be powerful enough to ensure sub-freezing temperatures for February’s annual Plymouth Ice Festival, but the lifelong resident of Plymouth (and Canton) has proven he’ll do everything in his power Read More
Canton Township’s Cherry Hill Village is on the verge of receiving a landscape-changing injection of vibrancy. If plans evolve as expected, a $9.5 million investment — half coming from Wayne County American Rescue Plan Act funds, Read More
Select downtown Plymouth alleyways will be transformed into eye-catching, makeshift art exhibits thanks to a collaborative effort between the city’s Downtown Development Authority, Community Financial Credit Union and a world-renowned local artist. Responding to Read More
The sport of pickleball is growing faster than a blue ribbon-winning cucumber at the county fair — and several southeast-Michigan communities are responding accordingly. During its final meeting of 2022, the Plymouth City Commission voted 7-0 to Read More
If your eyes are bored from the gray early-January southeast Michigan landscape, you can give them a treat by visiting Canton’s Village Theater at Cherry Hill now through Jan. 29. The venue is hosting a Read More
Former Garden City girls basketball players — some in their 40s, one carrying a baby — trickled into the high school’s gymnasium Thursday night to resume a 30-plus-year tradition that had been interrupted since 2019 by the Read More
