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IN THE NEWS
McKenna’s professional work and team members are frequently in the public eye. Take a look at the latest news involving McKenna.
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02 April. 2008 | Saginaw News (Saginaw, Michigan, USA)
MCKENNA GUIDES TOWNSHIP TO HISTORIC VICTORY
Now that the township owns the building, it plans to raze the L-shaped structure and rehabilitate the property for public, civic, parks, retail, office and residential uses. Complete story…
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20 January. 2008 | Williamston Enterprise (Williamston, Michigan, USA)
WILLIAMSTON PRAISES MCKENNA ON-SITE PLANNERS
At the last City Council meeting, residents praised the work of Michelle Aniol and Zeb Arcuff, the McKenna employees currently contracted to the city.... Council voted 6 to 1 to continue the McKenna contract indefinitely. Complete story…
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13 November. 2007 | Times Herald (St. Clair, Michigan, USA)
ST. CLAIR’S NEW VISION COMES TO LIFE
The plan was created from public input gathered during a series of "charrette" workshops this summer. The DDA hired urban planners McKenna Associates Inc. of Northville and Ron and Roman Architects of Birmingham to work with area residents and business owners in developing the proposal. Complete story…
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11 September. 2007 | Freep.com (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
PEOPLE MAKING NEWS
Phillip C. McKenna, CEO of McKenna Associates Inc., has been named 2007 Outstanding Professional Planner by the Michigan Association of Planning. In announcing the decision, the association's awards committee cited McKenna's decades of work shaping Michigan communities into vital, interesting and attractive places to live, work and do business.
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6 September. 2007 | The Westland Eagle – The Journal Newspapers (Westland, Michigan, USA)
CITY FUNDS DESIGN STUDY
The Westland Downtown Development Authority (DDA) sent out a request for proposals to area planning firms in an effort to contract for a study of Ford Road between Central City Parkway and Wayne Road … the DDA board voted unanimously to award a contract to planning firm McKenna and Associates for the creation of a design concept plan. Complete story…
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3 September. 2007 | Crains Detroit Business (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
MCKENNA ASSOCIATES: INSPIRED BY ARCHITECTURE, COLLABORATION
Senior Planner Sarah Traxler says that one of the coolest things about working at McKenna Associates Inc. is the company's building. Complete story…
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5 July. 2007 | The View – Heritage Newspapers (Belleville, Michigan, USA)
THE SISTERS ARE BACK
Before the city of Belleville began work on its last Master Land Usage Plan… McKenna and Associates told the DDA and PC what it would take to attract and keep young professionals in the city and what they wanted in terms of places to go. Complete story…
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23 May. 2007 | West Bloomfield Beacon – C&G Newspapers (West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA)
WEST BLOOMFIELD TAKES FIRST STEP TO DEVELOP A DOWNTOWN
The township board voted 5-1 May 14 to introduce an overlay zoning ordinance that sets standards and regulations for the Township Center District … "This is the first step. This is sort of the fundamental thing that you have to have in place in order to start creating the vision," Jim Breuckman of community-development firm McKenna Associates told the board. Complete story…
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16 March. 2007 | Ann Arbor News – mlive.com (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
OCEOLA PLAN COMMISSION DELAYS CHEMUNG HILLS REZONING
Oceola Township residents hoping to learn the fate of the Chemung Hills Golf Club property will have to wait until April 12 following a second postponement by the township Planning Commission. Complete story…
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7 March. 2007 | Press & Guide – Heritage Newspapers (Dearborn Heights, Michigan, USA)
BIGFOOT HOME SOLUTIONS
Love them or hate them, there's no denying that bigfoot homes — large homes built on a lot where a much smaller home once stood — have become a permanent part of the city's skyline in recent years. Complete story…
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4 March. 2007 | Detroit Free Press (Walled Lake, Michigan, USA)
WHERE WE LIVE: WALLED LAKE, OAKLAND COUNTY
Walled Lake is a waterfront community along the northern shore of the lake with the same name. The M-5 connector has given a lot more visibility to this bustling city that has several condominium projects, infill building and an updated downtown. Complete story...
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1 February. 2007 | The Western Star (Warren, Michigan, USA)
WARREN TO ASK CITIZENS FOR HELP
Warren County officials say they'll be reaching out to residents as they begin work on a rewrite of the county's rural zoning code — but some residents say they already feel shut out of the process. Complete story…
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31 January. 2007 | spinalcolumnonline.com (Walled Lake, Michigan, USA)
WALLED LAKE TAPS McKENNA TO TAKE OVER DDA DUTIES
The Walled Lake City Council has authorized a new contract with McKenna Associates to essentially handle some of the Downtown Development Authority's (DDA) duties while the authority remains in a debt-paying mode. Complete story...
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12 October. 2006 | Hometown Life – Observer & Eccentric Newspapers (New Hudson, Michigan, USA)
McKENNA PLANNERS MAP FUTURE DOWNTOWN NEW HUDSON
It's a zoning map on top of a zoning map, and a circle within a circle. The goal of both is to plan and build a downtown in New Hudson.
This long-term vision intermingles homes and businesses and encourages people to walk through a community speckled with trees and landscaped grounds. Complete story...
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22 September. 2006 | Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
MICHIGAN BUSINESS: PEOPLE MAKING NEWS
City and neighborhood planning specialist Charles F. Smith has joined McKenna Associates Inc. in Northville as principal planner. In addition to specializing in downtown and neighborhood planning, Smith facilitates public meetings, workshops and presentations. He was director of planning at the Johnson Hill Land Ethics Studio in Ann Arbor.
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Sunday, August 13, 2006 | Canton Repository (Alliance, Ohio, USA)
ALLIANCE WANTS TO END COLLEGE ZONING
ALLIANCE Mount Union College is on the verge of losing one element that distinguishes it from the surrounding city — special zoning.
Alliance plans to revise its zoning code and the plans include the end of college zoning. Complete story...
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1 June. 2006 | Hometown Life: The Observer & Eccentric Newspapers (Novi, Michigan, USA)
TRIANGLE PROPOSES CHANGES FOR NOVI'S DOWNTOWN PROJECT
John Jackson of Northville's McKenna & Associates says the MainStreet Novi project is moving along nicely.
"I want to thank the city for its cooperation," Jackson said at the May 22 Novi City Council meeting. "I think we're in a good position right now." Complete story...
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4 May. 2006 | The Northville Record (Northville, Michigan, USA)
CITY SIDEWALKS
By summer's end, Michelle Aniol will have a paved path connecting Beal Town to downtown.
The McKenna Associates senior planner often walks the three blocks from her Yerkes Street home to her office in the Main Street Water Wheel complex. Complete story...
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30 March. 2006 | The Belleville View (Belleville, Michigan, USA)
MASTER PLAN IS HELP TO PARKS: Update to several parks possible with grant money
The Van Buren Township Recreation Committee looked forward, and the Environmental Commission looked back, as they filed separate reports at a recent Board of Trustees meeting.
The Recreation Committee proposed a Parks and Recreation Master Plan that would guide the development of local parks from 2006 through 2010.
But as Bruce Ross, VBT Director of Recreation and Facilities noted, the advantage of a master plan represents more than a useful guide for development; a master plan makes VBT eligible for grant funding from state and county governments. Complete story...
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8 February. 2006 | Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
MOTOR CITY NOTEBOOK: The D is all the rage
Phillip McKenna, president of Northville-based McKenna Associates, is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to keeping Detroit's Super Bowl momentum going. Complete story...
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