Explore: Pictures from the Detroit People Mover
Enjoy the pictures below and consider your own Detroit People Mover Tour, as well as taking time to…
Enjoy the pictures below and consider your own Detroit People Mover Tour, as well as taking time to…
While many fees will stay the same, there are some increases and new fees being proposed at the March 14, 2022 council meeting.
Visitors to Downtown Royal Oak may notice some changes in the parking system – with back-in parking on S. Washington Avenue and 7th Street, plus new parking meters throughout the district.
On Saturday April 10 at 2pm, get out and have some fun while giving back to Ferndale Pride.
Ferndale Planning Commission Sees First Round of Baker College Options (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 20, 2019) Ferndale, MI –Baker College presented initial design concepts for a potential new campus during the Ferndale Planning Commission’s Wednesday night meeting, with discussion lasting more than three and a half hours, and about 100 residents attending. Baker College and…
Royal Oak Testing Out 30 Minute Parking Spots on Main Street (City of Royal Oak, Dec. 29, 2018) Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak is introducing a pilot program for 30-minute parking spaces in the downtown area to allow for convenient short-term parking. The program includes five designated parking spaces with 30-minute meters along Main…
Lake Orion Shares Parking Study Results, Vision Moving Forward (Downtown Lake Orion, Dec. 5, 2018) Lake Orion, MI – BMP (Best management practices) coming to Downtown Lake Orion Parking for 2019! A New Mission and Vision along with an Action Plan to better meet business and customer needs and accommodate employees and residents requirements…
Cities Pitch Dream Development Spots in Oakland County Property Showcase (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 14, 2018) Waterford, MI- Cities in the Oakland County One Stop Ready program have streamlined development processes and learned more about how to market the spaces they have with businesses they’d like to see. The culmination of this effort is the…
MML #1: We Need More Parking! But do we Really? (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 1, 2018) Grand Rapids, MI- Does our downtown need more parking? That’s a question that brought dozens of administrators and elected officials to a presentation on this hot topic at the recent Michigan Municipal League Annual Convention in Grand Rapids. Oftentimes…
Mixed-Use Parking Deck Negotiations Moving Forward in Ferndale (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept. 10, 2018) Ferndale, MI – Ferndale City Council is expected to vote Monday on entering into a 150-day Exclusive Negotiation Rights Agreement (ENRA) with a developer for the “dot,” a five-level mixed-used structure to be built at Troy and Allen in Downtown Ferndale.…
Royal Oak to Consider Raising Parking Rates (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 5, 2018) Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak City Commissioners will be considering parking rate increases recommended by the Downtown Development Authority at their Monday, Jan. 8 meeting. According to documents in the agenda packet, the following rates are recommended: Parking Rate Recommendations 12-05-2017…
Ferndale Planning Commission to Hear Parking Deck Plans Aug. 2 (Crystal A. Proxmire, July 31, 2017) Ferndale, MI – Plans are moving ahead for Ferndale’s anticipated new mixed-use parking deck. The project is now being called “The dot,” or “The Development on Troy.” Located at W. Troy and Allen, the city-owned project is expected to…
Two Options Presented for Ferndale Parking Structure (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 8, 2017) Ferndale, MI – Over 60 people came out for a two-hour meeting to discuss the two parking deck options presented by the City of Ferndale. Some residents and business owners have called for a simple deck with no retail space. As officials…
Wednesday Nights are for Classic Cars in Downtown Holly (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 3, 2017) Holly, MI – The sounds of old time rock and roll mix with the voom, voom, voom of classic car engines and the chatter of folks talking about each others’ rides fill Downtown Holly every Wednesday through the summertime. The…
Birmingham’s New Widget Shows Real Time Parking Availability (City of Birmingham, May 24, 2017) With new parking technology in place at four of the five parking structures in Birmingham, the city is launching a new parking widget on its website which tells drivers the number of available spaces at each parking structure. Now, visitors can…
Apartments planned for Main Street and I-696 in Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI – The odd-shaped lot at Main Street and I-696 in Royal Oak could soon house a five-story building with apartments, retail and parking, in a development called SoMa. On Tuesday, the Royal Oak Planning Commission approved a special land use and site…
Ferndale to Explore Two Options for Parking Deck (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 15, 2017) Ferndale, MI – Ferndale residents and businesses will now see two plans unfolding for the parking deck downtown. The City had been considering a mixed use project that would serve to bring in tax and rental revenue, as well as new…
Ferndale Council to Hear Parking Structure Update (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 12, 2017) Ferndale, MI – As the City of Ferndale moves forward with plans for a mixed use parking structure in the W. Troy Parking Lot, there will be an update at the March 13 City Council meeting. Research and plans for a deck…
U of M Students Help with Ferndale Parking Deck Communications (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 23, 2017) Ferndale, MI – As planning moves forward on adding a parking deck to Downtown Ferndale, the City has enlisted the help of students from the University of Michigan Citizen Interaction Design Program in facilitating some of the information sharing…
Ferndale Council to Vote Monday on Location of Parking Deck (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 20, 2016) Ferndale, MI – Ferndale City Council is expected to vote Monday on whether or not to approve constructing a parking deck at the corner of W. Troy and Allen where the W. Troy Parking Lot is currently. The vote…