DETROIT-Downriver communities join with local corporations and the city to clean up the river area and promote development ideas. Among them are a Rouge Heritage 2000 Visitor Center for the Ford Rouge complex and motor speedway.

CADILLAC, MI-An incentive package worth about $13 million keeps Four Winns Boats in this city at a 385,000-sf facility the company had closed following the bankruptcy of parent company Outboard Marine Corp.

DETROIT-Mayor Dennis Archer isn't happy his city's population dipped into six figures. However, the last census showed a percentage decline in single digits for the first time in three decades.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI-A $2-million bond finances rehab of a 48,800-sf manufacturing facility here. MK Principals Limited Partnership leases 45,140 sf to K & M Engineering, the rest to Kramer Air Tool Sales and Services.

DAYTON, OH- Milford, MI-based Robinwood Associates sells the 18-building Hunters Glen Apartments on the north side of this city to Cincinnati-based A. Ray Brown Family Investment for $5.5 million in cash.

OAK PARK, MI-The Detroit Artillery Armory, a former World War II production center, is now offered for sale through public bids. City officials thought they had a deal to buy the property for $2.5 million.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-Unique Restaurant Corp. lasts less than a year, pulling out after a difference of opinion over how to run the restaurants owned by Loeks, which wanted a more casual atmosphere at the eateries.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-Barton Malow Co. recognizes five employees -- Patricia Whitney, Dianne Wieland, Sheryl B. Maibach, Catherine Kerr and Navell Jenkins -- who have invested 20 years or more during Women in Construction Week.