candgnews.com SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 Vol. 44, No. 20
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Residents demonstrate against Mack rezoning in Woods BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
WOODS — Even the Grosse Pointe Woods City Council appears to be divided over whether or not to rezone a portion of Mack Avenue. Council members debated a proposal to rezone 20160 Mack Ave. from restricted office, or RO-1, to commercial business, or C, during a packed Aug. 18 meeting whose more than 200 attendees were largely residents against rezoning. While some city leaders said the community needs new development like this, opponents argue that the redevelopment on the table now will impact the surrounding neighborhood in negative ways. Prior to the meeting, dozens of residents carrying signs showing their opposition to rezoning picketed outside Woods City Hall. Residents have voiced strong opposition in recent months to rezoning 20160 Mack Ave. — currently home to a single-story medical building. Buccellato Development is
Dozens of residents carry signs to show their opposition to rezoning on Mack Avenue in Grosse Pointe Woods ahead of an Aug. 18 Woods City Council meeting. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
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The Village gets colorful and creative for Art Takeover BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
CITY — The Village is going to be bursting with creativity this month. Art Takeover — a public display of original artworks throughout the business district — will return for its third year, running Sept. 11 to Oct. 4. A record number of 85 artists — with roughly 250 works in 35 businesses and
Village spaces — are participating this year. Art Takeover organizer Michelle Boggess-Nunley, an artist and owner of Posterity Art & Framing Gallery, said the works are juried. “We have a lot of new businesses on board,” BoggessNunley said. “We have a ton of art. It’s going to be a great show.” An Art Takeover kickoff celebration will take place in The Village from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11. It will feature See ART on page 2A
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Regina Kaden is one of the artists whose work will be featured in Art Takeover in The Village.