ST. CLAIR SHORES — The St. Clair Shores Downtown Social District is not only enjoyed by the patrons but by the businesses as well.

BIRMINGHAM — Residents, visitors and other members of the community are encouraged to share feedback on what they would like to see in downtown Birmingham.

EASTPOINTE — The Michigan Association of Planning recently recognized the city of Eastpointe and planning firm McKenna for a project that the association said is a “best practice.”

ROYAL OAK — Several Detroit-area chambers of commerce and business organizations came together July 25 to highlight small businesses led by minorities, women and veterans.

EASTPOINTE — The city of Eastpointe is among several Macomb County cities receiving money through a grant program.

BIRMINGHAM — Birmingham NEXT has been operating at Midvale School without a comprehensive lease, and in order to offer all of its services to the community and grow as an organization, it has decided to establish its own location.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — A series of adjacent properties in Detroit formerly owned by Grosse Pointe Park have a new owner.

METRO DETROIT — Police controversies, recent retirements and less robust retirement plans are causing a reduction in those entering the law enforcement field — and some departments are struggling to prevent this from affecting their communities.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — It’s no longer the empty building it once was almost nine months back. Since Englebert Training Systems, known as ETS, Sports Performance training center laid its foundation in the Shelby Township area, athletes of all levels and from many locations have meshed into the center on the basis of perfecting their crafts.

BERKLEY — The Berkley City Council has approved the first reading of an ordinance that would prohibit the sales of dogs, cats and rabbits at retail stores.

BIRMINGHAM — Electric vehicles are growing in popularity, but there are currently no electric vehicle charging stations affiliated with the city of Birmingham.

WARREN — Due to the generosity of one De La Salle Collegiate High School graduate, a brand-new STEM Center will be built on the school’s campus.

MOUNT CLEMENS — Once a motel and long since an eyesore, a deal between the city and a developer would double the residential space in downtown Mount Clemens.

HAZEL PARK — An ice-skating rink that Hazel Park officials say has long been a strain on the city’s finances has been sold to a private business.

NOVI — Residents filled the Novi City Council chamber to its 140-person seating capacity, and still more filed in for standing room along the walls, into the media seating area, and into the Civic Center lobby during a Planning Commission hearing June 7 to voice their opposition to and concerns about the construction of a new apartment complex.

FERNDALE — Ever since its closure in 2020, the use of the Kulick Community Center has been up in the air.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Plans are in the works to install new charging stations for electric vehicles near several buildings and parks in Sterling Heights, and officials say they also have a broader plan to make the city friendlier to those vehicles.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — At the June 5 meeting, the St. Clair Shores City Council approved a land sale for a vacant city-owned parcel located east of Jefferson Avenue and south of Masonic Avenue in a unanimous vote.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Over 100 years of history crawled its way through Macomb Township on the morning of June 21 as the old Township Hall was transported from Romeo Plank Road to its new home next to the municipal complex.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights’ property values measure up when comparing the state equalized values of top Michigan cities, according to city officials.