Tag: Sterling Heights City Council
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It seems like an odd question. Most of us share a common understanding: to keep something in its current state or protect it from harm. If you’ve been following recent posts here or city communications, you may know the Riverland Park parcel on North Van Dyke is coming back before the Sterling Heights City Council,…
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In 1875, the Overland Monthly magazine published the words of John Muir’s observations and musings about the relationship between human civilization and nature in the column Wild Wool, a theme established by his own words of intention, “To obtain a hearing on behalf of Nature from any other standpoint than that of human use is…
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After 8 months, Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor finally responded to the Sterling Oak petition. Because the last post was a bit long on the topic of excessive baloney, let’s just keep this one short and sweet. We will simply compare the Mayor’s opinion with the reality of this development. The Destruction Reality Because facts…
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When this site started, the simple premise was to provide additional information for context and understanding beyond what the initial reporting on the threat to this old tree could offer. People wanted more information, and for many, seeing it in a local paper was the first time they learned the City had a tree older…
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Sterling Heights ARPA Riverland Park Property development for Chaldean Community Foundation Development LLC apartments is examined.
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The story of the Sterling Oak attracted the attention of a local TV reporter for WXYZ Channel 7 with comments from residents. Watch the piece below: The website story appears here: Sterling Heights Residents Hope To Save 250 Year-Old Tree From Being Cut Down (archive) Sterling Heights repeats 8-acre preservation falsehood It is one thing…
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On February 14, 2025, journalist Andy Kozlowski of C&G Newspapers published a follow-up story to his original one in January about the centuries-old Chinquapin oak tree in Sterling Heights, Michigan. It began to hit resident’s mailboxes on February 20, 2025, in the print edition. After being contacted by many residents, Kozlowski made their voices known…
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How did this centuries-old tree come under threat after enduring so much, for so long? Aside from the turnover of land when Native American tribes owned the land now called Michigan, the recent history begins 20+ years ago, when this Chinquapin Oak stood in an amusement park (Riverland Amusement Park) that has existed under various…