City Mayor Says Downtown Northville Thrives

City of Northville Mayor Christopher Johnson said he is proud to be working on developing the downtown.

He shared updates on the city's recent efforts at the annual State of the Community Luncheon Wednesday at Meadowbrook Country Club.

"One of the real highlights of downtown is our outdoor dining," he said. "If we look outside the window, it's coming."

Johnson said one of downtown's recent improvements to be proud of is The Garage Grill & Fuel Bar, which is at the former site of an abandoned gas station.

He said the city worked with the restaurant's owners to do an environmental clean-up of the building, which had more hazardous materials from when it was a dry cleaner than when it was a gas station.

Downtown Northville has also become a host to large events like:

• Concours d'Elegance
• Victorian Festival
• Skeletons

Often a big part of those events are parades. Johnson showed a video clip at the luncheon of a centennial parade in downtown Northville from August 26, 1927.

These and other events, like Girls' Night Out on Friday, attract people from and people outside of Northville.