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Home»Posts tagged with»kercheval

Grosse Pointe Park blocks Detroit border – again – in violation of pact

By Steve Neavling on June 12, 2016   City Government, Government, Headline  

Grosse Pointe Park blocks Detroit border – again – in violation of pact

Mayor Duggan’s administration wasted no time Sunday demanding that the road block be removed immediately.

Grosse Pointe Park builds a wall of mammoth potted plants at Detroit’s border

By Steve Neavling on July 16, 2015   Government, Headline, Mayor's Office, Wayne County  

Grosse Pointe Park builds a wall of mammoth potted plants at Detroit’s border

Grosse Pointe Park has found plenty of clever ways to block one of its busiest borders with Detroit – erect a large pile of snow, delay work on a water main project and build a farmer’s market in the middle of the road.

Mayor Duggan: ‘It’s obvious we can’t trust the Grosse Pointe Park leaders’

By Steve Neavling on December 13, 2014   City Government, Government, Headline, Mayor's Office, posts  

Mayor Duggan: ‘It’s obvious we can’t trust the Grosse Pointe Park leaders’

Mayor Duggan tried to be nice. That didn’t work.

Grosse Pointe Park to remove controversial blockade at Detroit border

By Steve Neavling on December 12, 2014   City Government, Featured Stories, Government, Wayne County  

Grosse Pointe Park to remove controversial blockade at Detroit border

Grosse Pointe Park is moving the controversial sheds that have blocked off a main road at the border of Detroit all summer despite vocal opposition.

SUV slams into controversial farmer’s market that blocks Detroit’s border at GP Park

By Steve Neavling on September 23, 2014   City Government, Government, Headline, posts, Wayne County  

SUV slams into controversial farmer’s market that blocks Detroit’s border at GP Park

The damage occurred after Grosse Pointe Park officials acknowledged at a public meeting recently that they may back out of an agreement with Mayor Mike Duggan to remove the sheds.

Grosse Pointe Park to tear down border blockade under pact with Mayor Duggan

By Steve Neavling on August 19, 2014   City Government, Government, Headline, Mayor's Office  

Grosse Pointe Park to tear down border blockade under pact with Mayor Duggan

Grosse Pointe Park has agreed to remove a controversial farmer’s market that blocked off the border of Detroit this summer under a potentially landmark agreement between the two disparate communities.

Column: Grosse Pointe Park couple speaks out against blockade at Detroit border

By Motor City Muckraker on August 10, 2014   Featured Stories, Government, posts  

Column: Grosse Pointe Park couple speaks out against blockade at Detroit border

The choices to further divide Grosse Pointe Park from Detroit at Kercheval have hindered the economic, civil, and social interactions which the thoroughfare had provided.

Detroit mulls taking Grosse Pointe Park to court over controversial blockade

By Steve Neavling on August 1, 2014   City Government, Government, Headline, Mayor's Office  

Detroit mulls taking Grosse Pointe Park to court over controversial blockade

Grosse Pointe Park’s decision to block a popular road at the border of Detroit with a farmer’s market may be a costly one.

GP Park residents express outrage over blockade at Detroit border

By Steve Neavling on July 29, 2014   City Government, Government, Headline  

GP Park residents express outrage over blockade at Detroit border

Dozens of Grosse Pointers turned out to protest a shed built to block off traffic at Kercheval and Alter along the border of Detroit.

GP Park denies intentionally building a street-blocking shed in Detroit

By Steve Neavling on July 17, 2014   Crime & Fire, Featured Stories, Police  

GP Park denies intentionally building a street-blocking shed in Detroit

One councilman responded: “It is insulting for us to be continually portrayed as racists when we are not.”

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Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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