Art on the Block seeks artist participants for Grosse Pointe's Greatest Block Party
The Grosse Pointe Village Association is seeking qualified artists to participate in Art on the Block at Grosse Pointe’s Greatest Block Party. The Block Party, a late-summer festival of food, music, art and children’s activities, takes place Sept. 11-12 on Kercheval Avenue in the Village, Grosse Pointe City.
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Launch those cardboard boats, mateys; Michigan Marina Day is Saturday
Ahoy, Grosse Pointe City mariners. It's time to build your vessels of cardboard, because Saturday (Aug.14) is Michigan Marina Day at Neff Park.
Sponsored by the City of Grosse Pointe and the Grosse Pointe Boat Club, the daylong event includes a number of events to promote Michigan boating and boat safety. Check flyers in the park for specifics, but here's the tentative schedule:
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For two days, the Village shopping district between Cadieux and Neff will be a no-car zone for shoppers and strollers.
Sidewalk Sale and Street Festival starts Friday in Grosse Pointe Village
The Grosse Pointe Village Association presents the annual Village Sidewalk Sale and Street Festival Friday and Saturday (July 30-31). The festival takes place on Kercheval Avenue between Cadieux and Neff in downtown Grosse Pointe’s Village shopping district. Village merchants will offer markdowns and other special sales inside and outside, while outside visitors can enjoy food, music and other fun.
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A worker takes a 3D scan of one of the eagles flanking the gatehouse at Neff Park in Grosse Pointe City. The pair are getting new bases, courtesy of a grant from the City of Grosse Pointe Foundation.
Grosse Pointe's Neff Park eagles get new perches, thanks to foundation
After more than a century, the eagles are falling off their perches. The eagle sculptures in Neff Park in the City of Grosse Pointe, that is. The bases of the statues are badly deteriorated, but the City of Grosse Pointe Foundation has come to the rescue.
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Kroger construction at midsummer
Progress is being made on the new Kroger store in the Village, rising on the site of the old one, but still not looking like a grocery store yet. Photo by Audrey LaForest.
Grosse Pointe City Council adjusts Mack Avenue parking zoning
The Grosse Pointe City Council approved an RO-1 Zoning text amendment after a quick public hearing at this week’s meeting, a step toward increasing parking availability on Mack Avenue.
The amendment will focus on allowing greater parking flexibility within the RO-1 districts, or office and business districts.
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Grosse Pointe City celebrates its park, better than ever after a century
Neff Park's centennial was celebrated most avidly by people who weren't even born when it turned 90. But parks are built for children, and so children were the centerpiece of the party last night in Grosse Pointe City's lakefront playground.
A bike/wagon/stroller decorating activity was followed by a parade and judging, along with music, food and a cake. A commemorative tree was planted afterward. With any luck, it'll be there for the bicentennial. Photos by Larry Peplin.
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Neff Park's centennial was celebrated most avidly by people who weren't even born when it turned 90. But parks are built for children, and so children were the centerpiece of the party last night in Grosse Pointe City's lakefront playground.