Before Levittown there was Westacres, situated on the shore of Middle Straits Lake in West Bloomfield, Mich.
Westacres, West Bloomfield’s innovative residential development on Commerce Road begun during the Depression, brings together two...
The Westacres Vendor Show will host 26 vendors, featuring food, shopping and prizes.
What was once an experiment to enable factory workers a chance at home ownership has evolved into a 75-years-strong community that still serves as an asset to West Bloomfield.
Excerpt from the unpublished chapter of The Song of the Heron
In the late 1930’s when Jo Jensen was a baby, her family moved into a brand-new planned community called Westacres.
Subdivision originally of coworkers founded on volunteer efforts
The idea of this self-sufficient neighborhood was conceived and financed by United States Senator James Couzens who contributed $550,000 and secured a grant of $300,000 from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
This year's weekend-long celebration also marks the 75th anniversary of the subdivision, bringing hundreds of current and former neighbors together for tough events and camaraderie.