Allen Park may go into an Emergency Manager.

**Ray1936** · February-15-12, 04:00 PM

Little feifdoms like Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, etc, should not even exist.

**Downriviera** · February-15-12, 07:09 PM

The failed studio is only part of the problem. Companies like Frito Lay and Smirnoff that left years ago were the begining of the decline. All communities are hurting, Taylor just laid off 17 firefighters. That property has value. Easy access to 3 freeways, 10 minutes to Metro Airport and Greenfield Village, and rail access. They just need to market it better. Clearly there was wrongdoing between the former mayor and the studio head. Wasn't the state looking into this?

**Detroit Stylin** · February-15-12, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by Downriviera

The failed studio is only part of the problem. Companies like Frito Lay and Smirnoff that left years ago were the begining of the decline. All communities are hurting, Taylor just laid off 17 firefighters. That property has value. Easy access to 3 freeways, 10 minutes to Metro Airport and Greenfield Village, and rail access. They just need to market it better. Clearly there was wrongdoing between the former mayor and the studio head. Wasn't the state looking into this?

No they were too busy drooling at the idea of forcing an EFM on the CoD...

**Novine** · February-15-12, 11:12 PM

800,000 sq. ft. of buildings plus 100 acres of property in Allen Park won't be worth $25 million. But the idea that this property was only worth $5 million doesn't sound right either.

**Danny** · February-16-12, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by Ray1936

Little feifdoms like Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, etc, should not even exist.

Folks who used to live sold out farming plots and upcoming industrial sub-divisions of Ecorse TWP. Don't want to be absorbed by Detroit's fast growing annexation attempts. So those little suburban fiefdoms have to exist for cheap taxation and create their own munipalities. Most of the downriver suburbs don't even want to form a city of Ecorse from The Detroit River to Pelham Rd. Lincoln Park want to gets it hands of the southern portion of Ecorse TWP. So residents rushed to incorporate the City of Southgate. Allen Park got its hands of the northern piece of Ecorse TWP. just north of Outer Drive Rd. That would pervent either Dearborn and Melvindale for annexing that area.