Here’s what attendees from around the country had to say about the Southfield City Centre workshops, part of the American Planning Association’s 2026 National Planning Conference.
Workshop: “America’s First Suburban Mall: Northland City Center Redux”
• Heather Clevland, Washington – “It’s so helpful to see how Southfield is making it all work – how the resources came together to get all this accomplished.”
• Donquetta Singleton of Collierville, TN – “This is a great example of revitalization, and it is something I hope my community is able to do one day.”
• Jerry Rusthoven of Sunset Valley, TX – “I think the tour is great. I just finished a book about the history of malls in America, and this fits right into what I read about.”
Workshop: “The HeArt of Placemaking in a Suburban Community”
• Logan Witter of Sugar Hill, GA – “I am absolutely enjoying it. This area is very similar to the city where I work and grew up in, so I was interested in how other people do these things.”
• Erin Brown of Dayton, OH – “I love the workshop so far. It’s great to see that not everything has to be done at once. What we’re seeing in Southfield is kind of an incremental approach – that over time the whole effect builds up and affects real change.”
• Ravi Venkataraman of South Burlington, VT – “It’s been great. It’s tapping into how we can have more projects in the city I work for – how to generate funding and interest and how to implement the projects.”
• Erin Smith of Carver, MN – “Terry Croad is doing an excellent job. Southfield is great in the way it’s committed to art and making it accessible — and showing us real ways a city can start an art program. They’re giving us real actionable ways we can start small and build art in the communities where we live and work.”
It’s easy to get moving this summer, thanks to the Southfield City Centre’s brand-new fleet of bikes — 24 in all — provided by Movatic. The Bike Share program is an inexpensive, healthy way to get around the district. Take a lunchtime or after-work ride to get the heart pumping as you enjoy the sights of the Southfield City Centre. The Bike Share program features 8 bike locations throughout the City Centre:
When Randy Bahoora opened his Fuddruckers restaurant on Evergreen Road in Southfield in 2015, he —like most other business owners — never dreamed things would come to a virtual standstill because of the pandemic. But Bahoora and his business partner, Saad Habba, somehow made ends meet.
Southfield-based Collins Einhorn is one of the Michigan’s most prestigious law firms specializing in defense of large insurance companies and their clients as well as corporate entities.
The 2024 “Placemaking Through Landscape Design” summer camp recently received the President’s Honor Award for Significant Support of Landscape Architecture. The award was presented at the Michigan American Society of Landscape Architects (MI ASLA) Conference held in Detroit on September 12.
Summer is here, and that means Southfield is bustling with things to do. Whether you’re a resident, employee, student or visitor, “Southfield offers a wide array of activities and events all summer long,” says Southfield Mayor Kenson J. Siver.
A brilliant Monarch butterfly sculpture has been added to Southfield City Centre Trail, made possible by Eaton, the international power management company located in Southfield. “Eaton encourages all of its employees to be active stewards for our environment,” says Laurie Conn, facility manager for the Vehicle Group. “We support the Butterfly Sculpture and Garden because we support our community. We live here. We work here. We’re glad to be part of the community.”
