Thursday, March 28, 2013
Road Commission for Oakland County staff members take feedback and answer questions during a Wednesday open house held at Warner Upper Elementary.
Area residents got their first look Wednesday at detailed plans for a construction project that will dramatically change the 14 Mile/Orchard Lake/Northwestern Hwy. intersection in Farmington Hills and West Bloomfield. The installation of a turnabout and related road improvements will take more than eight months, with the project staged in four phases during the 2014 construction season. Different sections of 14 Mile Road will be completely closed for all but the final phase, and plans call for two-way traffic to be open at all times on other roads, for the duration. Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) design engineer Jeff O'Brien said those who came to the open house at Warner Upper Elementary School in Farmington Hills wanted …
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Orchard Lake Rd & Northwestern Hwy, West Bloomfield, MI
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Northwestern Hwy & W 14 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Officials will share plans for the reconstruction at the 14 Mile/Orchard Lake intersection at the Farmington Hills/West Bloomfield border.
Area residents will learn more March 27 about construction project designed to draw three major roads at the Farmington Hills/West Bloomfield border into a roundabout. The open house meeting will be held at Warner Upper Elementary School in Farmington Hills, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. According to a Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) press release, the format allows residents to stop by at any time during the three hours to view plans and provide feedback. The project, scheduled to begin in 2014, will involve these changes: The changes, designed to improve traffic flow and safety in and around the 14 Mile/Orchard Lake intersection, are part of the Northwestern Connector project. The meeting is hosted by the RCOC, in partnership with …
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W 14 Mile Rd & Northwestern Hwy, Farmington Hills, MI
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Orchard Lake Rd & Northwestern Hwy, West Bloomfield, MI
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Questions remain amid protests and big crowds regarding the former Eagle Elementary School at Middlebelt and 14 Mile roads.
In order to allow more time to develop a plan that would allow the Islamic Cultural Association (ICA) of Franklin to build a mosque in West Bloomfield, the Planning Commission tabled the matter Tuesday. A crowd packed into Town Hall on Tuesday night to hear more about the controversial plans at the site of the former Eagle Elementary School at Middlebelt and 14 Mile roads, including the local branch of By Any Means Necessary, a social action group, which protested in support of the ICA outside for at least a half-hour before the meeting started. The issue received attention from news outlets around the country in days since the commission voted to table the issue at its last meeting in August. While some issues have been raised regarding …
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
At a Zoning Board of Appeals site visit Tuesday, officials tabled two requests from the Islamic Cultural Center.
Developers of a mosque at the corner of 14 Mile and Middlebelt Roads in West Bloomfield Township have requested that plans slated for review at the Planning Commission's Oct. 23 meeting be tabled. That request, which Islamic Cultural Association (ICA) representatives said was made to address concerns, led the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) to table requests for a determination on height limitations for some of the building's architectural features and for an exemption from a requirement to build a masonry wall on the west property line. During a Tuesday site visit, residents during public comment raised a number of issues, from whether it is appropriate to have a 3-4 story building on the property, to concerns about traffic. Long-time …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Officials plan a visit to the former Eagle Elementary School site to review requests for exceptions to the zoning ordinance for a minaret and spire.
The West Bloomfield Township Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday night scheduled a site visit to better understand concerns of residents surrounding the former Eagle Elementary School site. Last year, Farmington Public Schools sold the building to the Islamic Cultural Association (ICA), which has requested zoning ordinance variances that representatives see as necessary in order to build a mosque/community center at the site. The board unanimously tabled those requests. The board also disregarded two variance requests that were proposed as alternatives to the developers' preferred requests. Instead, the board approved, by a 3-2 vote, new construction of paved areas used for cars, and for the largest of two domes to be built at a height …
Friday, September 28, 2012
Islamic Cultural Center development at former site of Eagle Elementary School now goes before township Zoning Board of Appeals Oct. 4.
A public hearing scheduled regarding the site of the former Eagle Elementary School in West Bloomfield has been moved, to accomodate the Jewish Sukkot holiday. The Township Zoning Board of Appeals will meet on Thursday to discuss a number of variances to the site plan for the Islamic Cultural Association, a local organization which hopes to build a mosque/community center at the site formerly used by Farmington Public Schools. Township attorneys have requested that the ZBA interpret the township zoning ordinance with regard to several issues raised at the Aug. 15 Planning Commission meeting — including the height of the minaret and dome atop the mosque portion of the building, the size of the setback from the street, and the fencing …
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Farmington Public Schools
29410 W 14 Mile Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Islamic Cultural Center development at former site of Eagle Elementary School goes before township Zoning Board of Appeals Oct. 2.
Plans to build the Islamic Cultural Center, a mosque/community center at the site of the former Eagle Elementary School in West Bloomfield, will next come before township government for a public hearing Oct. 2. Township Planner Sara Roediger said Monday that homeowners near the school at 14 Mile and Middlebelt roads have been notified of the meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) to grant a number of variances to the site plan, after the Planning Commission tabled the plan at its Aug. 15 meeting. Township attorneys had requested the ZBA to interpret the township zoning ordinance with regard to several issues raised at the Aug. 15 meeting — including the height of the minaret and dome atop the mosque portion of the building, the size …
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Farmington Public Schools
29410 W 14 Mile Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
This fall, the West Bloomfield performing arts center will feature a Broadway legend and kids programming among other shows.
There's always something happening at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield and this fall, the Berman Center for the Performing Arts promises a packed schedule Since West Bloomfield Patch is dedicated to keeping you informed about what's going on around town, today, we're taking a closer look at: What could Broadway legend Barbara Cook have in common with horses, elephants, and Winnie the Pooh bear? They'll all be featured at a new programming lineup for the Berman Center of the Performing Arts 2012-13 season. The new Kids Sundays at the Berman this fall features a diverse collection of films and plays with lower ticket prices for children. Meanwhile, the new Signature Series opens with Cook before continuing in 2013 with shows by…
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Berman Center for the Performing Arts
6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Ronna Romney and Ronna Romney McDaniel, both of Northville, spoke of jobs and education Friday before heading to a picnic at Drake Sports Park.
If Mitt Romney is to win Michigan's 16 crucial electoral votes in November's general election, his campaign will need to reach out to an area in Oakland County thought to be a stronghold of the Democratic Party. At least, that's what those close to him — Ronna Romney, a former GOP senate candidate and former sister-in-law of the Republican Presidential candidate, and Ronna Romney McDaniel, his niece who is spearheading his campaign in Michigan — said Friday. Canvassing in West Bloomfield's Thornberry Apartments prior to a "Women for Mitt" family picnic at the Drake Sports Park with Romney McDaniel's young daughter Abigail, the Romneys said that while they believe Michigan is certainly in play, it would take a grassroots effort to make it …
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Drake Sports Park
6801 Drake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wetland Review Board schedules site visit, Planning Commission hears concerns from community and faces charges of Islamophobia from activist organizer.
Because of issues surrounding the construction of a mosque and community center on the former Eagle Elementary School site at 14 Mile and Middlebelt in West Bloomfield, an Islamic activist organizer has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to monitor the situation. Council on American-Islamic Relations of Michigan (CAIR-MI) executive director Dawud Walid cited an inappropriateness in concerns raised by commissioner Jim Manna during a planning commission hearing Tuesday. Walid compared the situation to that in Pittsfield Township last year, in which CAIR-MI alleged discrimination by that township's government. Nabil Suliman, a member of the ICA, provided information and fielded questions about the project Tuesday. He explained that the …
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29410 W 14 Mile Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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West Bloomfield Town Hall
4550 Walnut Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Your friendly (not) local Farmington Hills Curmudgeon!!
10:32 am on Saturday, March 30, 2013
Roundabouts are a fabulous addition to the area. But frankly I would like to know where the roundabout is on the recently reconstructed intersection of Orchard Lake and 11 Mile Road. That intersection makes no sense for the amount of traffice that DOES NOT flow through there. And while I am complaining, I can't help but wonder how many BILLIONS of gallons of gasoline are wasted in Michigan with … more ›