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HIGHLAND PARK FOCUS .
HIGHLAND PK.- By a
£ to wte . May 15
IDee • HipJaDd Par
City CoUDcil a Tax
eremeDt PiDa cing Plaa
(nPA) for . .
trict of H.,land P k.
The TIP A • iDteadcd
"to . t in the develo t
of a TOWD Center SboppiDg
CcQiet' . ·nearly 2SO,000
square feet of retail space,"
If the pIaD. ou
propo ed center ould ja­
cl�de a 120,000 square foot
department tore, a super
market aDd appliaDce stare, a
restauraDt, a bank and 60,000 I
square feet of pi.
-n.e . troductio of
retail aad office space wi
dramatically improve the
shopping opportunities and
community image of
downto Hipland Par�·
tales a taff report s aiitteel·
to the Council I
The area iJwoIvecl '0'
the H' -
dPark
The report i dicates_t
buildi th t Sears now. oc-
be torn
pproximately 100,000 UIII.III�
feet.
� a • c heariDg.
ome me ben of the
audieDce exp-eued coaczna
if the Sears •. wu.e
demolished, Sears ould
IeaveH' r.rk.
Council an Dwilht
Do . be talked .
the natioul Sean office ill
C icago d . told that
Sears uId build "".. d
DeWS oftheartsf�'
the city.
Rick Rqan, MaD U of
the Hip1and PUk Sean Store
said that no decisions OD
creating a new building ·are
likely to be made· til a
developer is fouod to die
the p'oject. This, be said is
not likely to happen until
August
Howevu, he mnrll1Ded the
fact "We doa't want to
leave. nus D�r been
discussed Sears an op-
The plan es t the
opp' center and office
building. will create ap­
p'oDmalely SOO jobs in High-
dP. .
The plan
lie i proyc:lBCDlS.
ina r�ctioD and re.,.a­
of alleys, rep cement and ad­
dition of reet lights, replace­
ment of utilities under Sears
Avenue, con tructio of. a
town center traffi way, aDd aD,
access/se ice drive on
east s' of Woodward. The
TIFA will receive all tax
dol 15 gen r ted by the
developmen in the area
� ed by t City Coun­
cil. The TIFA hall usc the
Scan.
s' ificut . oric buil .
iDportaDt iD
iudhrk.
She also expressed fear
the city . create
"ob elete design,· a
·strip. .. enclosed. .. moDe cut­
ter ... mall· emph sizing e
�. lot, which would ruin
th� esthetic beauty. of the
. � ctualIy
repe1cmto
. is year old
.. iDg.. said.
Larry Le r d of the
City P . Co ex-
pressed COOcerD that the 00 -
mi ion h d ot been 00 ..
suited.
.. had the impr
were pposed to
. d,. said.
Officials eel y would
have to come up itb a
developer to provide Cia I
arrangements, before they
up' final ysical
m
_.. .. --=:L..L.-....: DETROIT arv [WRY
IADlDAESS: lS004 THR) �
FOR: SET BACK
ENTS OF FINO.
I pr
Councilman Comer Heath
. d, othiDg. guaranteed,
but death and lues. If you're
really for High d Park,
the sbopping center. Stop
bicker�-
Stating t council be
about the plan three or four
ago, said that th·
w ·plenty of time to COD-
sider - "
Cou cil Fran' Ro
charged t the city I state
fu <Is for a center aDd
Wayne County Correctio
Facility beca of delay.
"You keep
: raahting, d you oa't get
anyth· to fisht over.-
THE BOARD OF APPEALS
SHAU. HOlD A P\BJC HEAANi
Qif 5.1_TOHEARANAP­
P!AL OF THE FOlLOWIfG MAT­
TSt
RS.
Aa.1E!mS: 15121 YN .
REVIEW FOR: SET BACKlLOT"
CXJYEAAGE
SUCH HENING SHALl BE HaD
AT THE ZONING 86'ARD OF
APEAlS ON E 5, 1 AT 7
P. . IN THE COUNC CH
SERS, 30 GERAlD, HIGHlAND,
PAR 48203
THOMAS . KaLEY
ACTING ZONING • AD·
STRATOR
(313) 252·27eo
voJunteers to go .'WllaeWll'
people coagre te·, Ukma
people to sip a pie -to
make a perso I oommibDeDt
to help children.- .
SO-SAD Director
. Clementine Bar field indi­
cated that . ing the docu-
men Id be a symbolic
ture of concern, aDd those
who' d it would decide
wh t it' they would do.
She hoped that getting
people to sign such docu­
ments might r ise people'
consciousness about the
proble of youth and such ,
these symbolic gestures can be
translated into positive v
tio like working in youth c­
tivities.
Thi represents the start of
a SO-SAD program called
"Arm Around I e Child",
icb wilJ start in a ralJy tenta-
tiYely scheduled for A t 10
d 11 at Be Ie.
-Bul throughopt __ t e
I 1eJ ummer: Said,
t embrace 0 childrea
with d' ctM·
. e the.. er'
�.
-ne violeDce d
le slaying of out youg
peop continue.· B field
• d, "Therefore, the tru
started by SO-SAD. must also
con' ue."
Those 0 are interested
rking "Yith SO-SAD in
getting signatures or orki
in the u mer progr m
ould call the SO-SAD office
during working hours at (313)
833-3030.
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