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“I enjoy walking and biking to 
downtown Ferndale, where I spend a 
lot of time with friends enjoying the 
variety of restaurants, bars and local 
shops,” she said. “I also love attend-
ing the various festivals in the sum-
mer, such as the DIY Street Fair and 
the Funky Ferndale Art Fair. 
“On a typical Sunday, I can usually 
be found having brunch at Imperial 
with friends then heading across 
the street to the Rust Belt Market 
to check out the Michigan-made 
products sold by local vendors. The 
city definitely deserves its nickname, 
Funky Ferndale, and I’
m proud to 
call it home.”

JEWISH PROGRAMMING
Could the Jewish community be 
doing more for young Jewish res-
idents of the Woodward corridor? 
Nechama Lurie would like the Jewish 
Federation or other organizations 
to welcome young families new to 
Detroit. Volunteers knowledgeable in 
the variety of Jewish lifestyles could 
drive newcomers through various 
neighborhoods and offer advice on 
schools, synagogues, drugstores, doc-
tors and other needs relevant to the 
family.
“Setting up everything from scratch 
can be overwhelming and involves a 
lot of trial and error,” she said.
Realtor Linda Solomon said local 
families would like a gathering 
place to replace the former Jewish 
Community Center in Oak Park, 
which was closed in August 2015. 
“The Jewish community needs to 
re-evaluate its presence in this area, 
with all these numbers showing this 
is where the population is and wants 
to be,” Solomon said. “Jewish people 
could use a new facility. They don’
t 
need a big fancy building with a pool, 
but a gym or space to congregate 
would be welcome.”
“The JCC programming in West 
Bloomfield is too far away for us to 
take advantage of,” Dan Horwitz said. 

“We’
re hoping they start offering 
more opportunities to connect with 
their featured programs — especially 
things like the Matzah Factory — on 
our side of town.”
JCC CEO Brian Siegel says the JCC 
and its JFamily division are always 
looking for ways to engage young 
families “outside its walls.” 
In the Woodward corridor, PJ 
Library plans events such as play-
dates, family meet-ups, Shabbat 
groups and volunteer opportunities. 
JBaby Bumps, a five-part series for 
expectant mothers, meets at four 
locations, with the closest to the 
corridor being Shaarey Zedek in 
Southfield. 
Federation agencies do have a 
presence in Oak Park. Jewish Family 
Service operates an office in Crown 
Pointe Plaza on Greenfield Road 
at Lincoln. Also, Jewish Senior Life 
maintains the Teitel and Prentis 
apartments, including Coville 
Assisted Living, on the Taubman 
Jewish Community Campus on 10 
Mile Road. ■

11 Mile Business Development
• Oak Park last year rezoned a stretch of 11 Mile between Greenfield and 
Coolidge from light industrial to mixed use. The rezoning allows the introduction 
of restaurants, coffee shops, breweries, distilleries and specialty retail stores. 
Royal Oak-based River Rouge Brewing Co. will be opening a second location 
under a new name this fall at 14401 11 Mile at Gardner Street.
• Drought recently began making its cold-pressed juice at a 15,000-square- 
foot production plant at 2070 11 Mile Road in Berkley. The building is open for 
tours and sales from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Fridays. The four Drought locations include 
a Royal Oak store at 28822 Woodward, south of 12 Mile Road.

Schwartz family: Aaron, Rachel and Pearl, 6.

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