Designs may bridge community, school life From the South Oakland Eccentric By Sandra Armbruster As the saying goes, if you build it, they will come. But instead of a baseball field, in this case, five students at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield are talking about an area known to city of...
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By The Oakland Press A new landscaped gateway plaza at the intersection of Civic Center Drive and the Northwestern Highway service drive on the north end of Lawrence Technological University’s campus is part of a plan to increase pedestrian and bicycle traffic between the University and Southfield’s commercial district....
Lawrence Technological University (LTU) has announced the winners of its first-ever “Third Place” Design Competition. The winning student teams will share a total of $2,000 in prize money and possibly see their concepts used in the design and construction of a new business in the Southfield City Centre district....
The U.S. Energy Department has awarded $2 million to Eaton Corporation in Southfield for the development of cost-effective, durable and highly efficient fuel cell components. The three-year project will focus on boosting the performance of advanced fuel cell systems for vehicles and stationary applications while lowering the costs. This...
One of the area’s fastest-growing cupcake specialty stores is coming to Southfield’s City Centre district. Just Baked, headquartered in Livonia, opened Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in the City Centre Plaza at 25198 Evergreen Road, just north of 10 Mile Road. “Southfield was an easy choice,” says Just Baked’s Southfield...
The Southfield City Centre is a sponsor of the annual Genealogy Lock-In on June 22 at the Southfield Public Library. For one evening only, the library will re-open its doors after the normal closing time for a “study hall” for family researchers. This exciting project normally attracts 50 to...
Lawrence Technological University (LTU), located within the Southfield City Centre district, has launched a design competition that challenges students to visualize and create a “third place” within walking distance of the LTU campus. What is a “third place?” It is a public place separate from the rest of your...
From C & G Newspapers By Jennie Miller Southfield City Planner Terry Croad laid out new concept plans for the long-desired City Centre district — a friendly, walkable retail and entertainment mecca off Evergreen, near the municipal complex — along with new partners in the endeavor before the Southfield...
Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence outlined accomplishments and opportunities in the Southfield City Centre district and throughout the city in her annual State of the City Address on March 5. Click here to read the highlights of her speech.