Employee layoffs to be discussed tonight

ALLEN PARK — Several clerical employees could learn their fates as early as this evening.

The City Council meets at 7 p.m. for a work session that could involve discussion of plans to lay off a handful of clerical employees and switch the hours of three appointees from full- to part-time.

The city is working [...]

Allen Park election results

ALLEN PARK MAYOR 4-year term, elect 1 100% of precincts reporting William Matakas 5,052 56% David Babbage 4,005 44%

TREASURER 4-year term, elect 1 100% of precincts reporting Mareen Armstrong 4,094 56% Nancy Teets 3,282 45%

CITY COUNCIL 4-year term, elect 6 100% of precincts reporting Bob Keenan 4,351 11% Angelo DeGiulio 4,126 [...]

City makes bond payment

City officials told the Downtown Development Authority on Tuesday they were able to meet the $1.1 million bond payment on the 104-acre property formerly known as the Allen Park Studio Center.

City officials were considering pulling money from the DDA and swapping those funds with restricted city funds to make the payment on the property.

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DDA, city may swap funds in order to pay for former studio property

The Downtown Development Authority tabled discussion Thursday on a money swap proposal that would help the city make a bond payment.

The city has a bond payment of nearly $1.1 million due this month on its 104-acre property formerly known as the Allen Park Studio Center.

Without the swap, officials say the city could default [...]

Feds Investigate Allen Park Over Bond Deal

Feds Investigate Allen Park Over Bond Deal: MyFoxDETROIT.com

A look inside the deal between Allen Park and the failed Unity Studios project

An Action News Investigation of Unity Studios unhappy ending in Allen Park. We have some answers for taxpayers demanding to know what it cost them. It appears the city paid millions to land the studio and got very little in return.

The taxpayers in Allen Park are fighting mad about this movie deal that’s gone [...]

Unity Studios Moving to Detroit’s Creative Corridor

Unity Studios Moving to Detroit’s Creative Corridor.

Contact: Eric Cedo 313-492-9090 eric@unitystudiosmichigan.com

Unity Studios is relocating to the City of Detroit, studio officials announced today. Initial plans to build sound stages and production offices in the City of Allen Park will move forward in Detroit. “We’re very excited to be moving to the City of [...]