Ferndale's Downtown Business Booms

Detroit Free Press

Leaders of Ferndale's Downtown Development Authority said their main business district is booming.

Ferndale's downtown enjoyed a leap of nearly 300% in public and private investment in 2008 from the year before, said DDA Executive Director Cristina Sheppard-Decius.

In 2008, 26 new stores and other firms opened to add 290 new jobs, for a net employment gain of 168%, Sheppard-Decius said this week. Newcomers included two fitness centers and several restaurants, she said.

Both Ferndale and Royal Oak had several major downtown building projects last year, "their downtowns are doing pretty well," said Bob Donohue, an Oakland County principal planner who assists small downtowns.

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