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Suburb Drawing New Downtown Blueprint

HIGHLAND PARK, MI-This Michigan city is hoping to build on a recent success of the $60-million Town Center retail project at Woodward and Manchester as it creates a new blueprint for its Downtown.

By Dan Heaton | Updated on September 30, 2004

HIGHLAND PARK, MI-Fresh off the successful $60-million Town Center retail project at Woodward and Manchester, the Detroit enclave is working on a new blueprint for what Highland Park’s Downtown might become. The redevelopment of a tax base in Highland Park is particularly critical for this city, which has suffered through several years of fiscal crisis that included the state taking over the city’s operations for a time.

Highland Park is the one-time home of the Chrysler Corp., but the No. 3 automaker moved out of the small city to Oakland County about a decade ago. “We are excited to embark on a new phase of Highland Park’s redevelopment,” says Mayor Titus McClary. “The (Town Center project) proved that our community provides a strong market for new development. The Blueprints program will help the community formulate a strategic action plan to reinvigorate Woodward Avenue with a special focus on the more traditionally historic commercial and residential properties north and south of the Town Center area. We believe that this program will attract additional retail stores and housing opportunities into the city of Highland Park.”

The Blueprints program is a state-local partnership effort to reinvigorate Michigan downtown areas. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority have committed a total of $200,000 to fund the project this year in Highland Park. The city will provide an additional $25,000 match through the Highland Park Tax Increment Finance Authority.

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