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OCTOBER 2, 2025 • Vol. 22, No. 20
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Southfield City Hall showcases art in exhibition
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Environmental firm moves to Southfield BY TAYLOR CHRISTENSEN tchristensen@candgnews.com
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
SOUTHFIELD — Local Michigan artists are displaying their work in an exhibition in Southfield City Hall. The exhibition, titled “Matter & Metaphor Resonates,” showcases eight artists in the main lobby of City Hall, 26000 Evergreen Road. The exhibition opened with a reception Sept. 25. The show was hosted by the Southfield Public Arts Commission and Mayor Ken Siver. “We’ve been doing this for about three years of showcasing artists to give them a platform and a voice, but most importantly to let them know that we are in support of their art,” Southfield Public Arts Commission Chair Delores Flagg said. Flagg said the featured artwork and art in general act as connectors and connect one person to another person.
ABOVE: Artist Nina Ashraf speaks about her work at the opening reception of the city’s art exhibition at City Hall. LEFT: M. Saffell Gardner speaks about his art. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
See ART on page 5A
SOUTHFIELD — Arch Environmental Group Inc, an environmental consulting and testing provider, has moved its office to Southfield. The move also comes with the 30-year anniversary of the business. The story of Arch Environmental Group begins in 1993 with a University of Michigan student, Jeff Heydanek, who interned for a young Western Michigan University environmental professional, Scott Staber, according to archenvgroup.com. Heydanek developed a business plan and convinced Staber to venture out on their own. “With Jeff ’s youthful energy and business prowess combined with Scott’s affinity to sales and a few contacts, the plan went into action on Oct. 6, 1995,” the website states. The two started the business in a 60-square-foot basement office in Canton, Michigan. They called the business J. Scott Environmental. J. Scott Environmental has since grown into the multimillion See AEG on page 8A
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