

Cultural Council 2025 Cultural Arts Awards
The Cultural Council Birmingham Bloomfield, now in its 30th year, has announced the 2025 winners of the Cultural Arts Awards. Those being...
Aug 21


Union medical coverage change approved
The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, August 11, voted 7-0 in favor of making adjustments to eight labor unions’ medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance for 2026.
Aug 21


The Maple five-story project to change plan
Developers of a five-story building, The Maple, set to be constructed at 35001 Woodward Avenue in Birmingham is looking to adjust the floor plan which was previewed by the city’s planning board during their Wednesday, August 13, meeting, with the developers planning to eliminate one of two underground parking levels.
Aug 21


Open space ordinance updates approved
Following years of study and drafting between Birmingham city planners and the city’s planning board, an amendment to open space standards of the city’s zoning ordinance was approved by commissioners during the Monday, August 11, meeting.
Aug 21


Business group looking for input on downtown
The Birmingham Shopping District (BSD) is in the process of surveying local residents and visitors to the city to determine what they...
Aug 21


Designs okayed for Chester parking garage
After a second review by the Birmingham City Commission, schematic designs for interior and exterior updates to the Chester Street parking garage were approved by commissioners during the Monday, August 11, meeting.
Aug 21
Sameer Eid, metro Detroit restaurateur, dies
Longtime metro Detroit restaurateur Sameer Eid, the founder of Phoenicia in downtown Birmingham, passed away on Friday at the age of 85,...
Aug 16


Final decision made on new home for Next group
Birmingham City Commissioners voted against placing a roughly $36.6 million bond proposal on the November ballot that would have asked residents to fund the construction of a new community and senior center at 400 E. Lincoln, the location of the YMCA that the city purchased two years ago for $2 million as the new home for the Next senior services group which contributed $500,000 toward total acquisition costs.
Aug 14


Consultant chosen for township civic center plan
The SmithGroup was approved by the Bloomfield Board of Trustees to serve as the consultant to the township to oversee the campus master plan of the township’s municipal complex.
Aug 14


Township trustee compensation increase okayed
Meeting compensation increases for trustees were approved at the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, Aug. 11.
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