A neighborhood of homes and businesses stretched from Eight Mile to the Motel next to the fair grounds. The homes were a mix of bungalows and two story houses.

The whole area was purchased piecemeal by the State of Michigan, for a proposed RV camping, park area. There were some holdouts on selling, the Motel, a lawn mower repair, Hoover Electric on Eight Mile and others. The project was scrapped.

This is the area where the So called " Shoppe's of Gateway, Has been moving around dirt for four years. This is the land owned, I believe by Neaderlander, Schott, etc. which they picked up for a bargain at that time from the State of Michigan.

The entire transaction has a well documented history.