Get ready for cuts to township services
The rejection of a 2.3-mill special assessment district (SAD) by Bloomfield Township voters that would have generated about $9 million...
Aug 20, 2019
SAD necessary tool to preserve services
Bloomfield Township voters on August 6 will be asked whether to support a 2.3-mill tax dedicated to public safety departments in the townshi
Jul 23, 2019
Support parking bond and city's future
Birmingham voters on August 6 are being asked to approve a bond proposal in the amount of up to $57.4 million to secure financing for replac
Jul 23, 2019
SAD necessary tool to preserve services
Bloomfield Township voters on August 6 will be asked whether to support a 2.3-mill tax dedicated to public safety departments in the...
Jun 25, 2019
Support parking bond and city's future
Birmingham voters on August 6 are being asked to approve a bond proposal in the amount of up to $57.4 million to secure financing for...
Jun 25, 2019
Smart development: collaborative effort
In the digital world, a "collaborative development environment" refers to an online process of involving stakeholders to develop new...
May 21, 2019
Missing ingredient for a local tech hub
In the last 10 or 11 years, since the onset of the Great Recession and a brain drain of millennials from the state, we're delighted to...
May 21, 2019
Civic duty of recycling comes with a cost
For years municipal recycling programs operated under the sentiment that “one man's trash is another man's treasure,” but times have...
Apr 23, 2019
Keys to consensus: civility and compromise
In the last few months, both the Birmingham City Commission and Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees have been dealing with significant...
Apr 23, 2019
Tax, funding formula overhaul to fix roads
Blowback from Governor Gretchen Whitmer's proposed fuel tax increase to “fix the damn roads” is expected in a state.
Mar 26, 2019












