Sterling Heights

This young sapling recently planted in Sterling Heights could reach great heights come 2040.

Sterling Heights’ Visioning 2040 plan authorized for ballot proposal this November

“The Visioning 2040 projects are exactly what’s needed to maintain Sterling Heights’ status as a destination for families and businesses seeking a great quality of life,” says City Manager Mark Vanderpool.

Get sustainable at these 5 thrift stores

From clothes and house decor to car parts, here are five resale businesses to check out in Macomb County. 

The 12th annual Macomb Business Awards was held on Thursday, May 9, in Warren.
Sterling Heights business community cleans up at 12th annual Macomb Business Awards

It was a room full of some of Macomb County's brightest and best. Yet for all of the local notables, it was the Sterling Heights business community that stole the show.

"I can now enroll more child care children and hire an assistant to help because the areas have more space and room so that everyone can be comfortable," says Juanna Edwards, owner of Winnie's Bright Beginnings Child Care in Sterling Heights.
Sterling Heights childcare provider makes key renovations and upgrades thanks to this grant program

"I can now enroll more child care children and hire an assistant to help because the areas have more space and room so that everyone can be comfortable," says Juanna Edwards, owner of Winnie's Bright Beginnings Child Care in Sterling Heights.

Sheryl Ferlito, a Special Education Literacy and Intervention Supervisor at Chippewa Valley Schools, co-founded Sortegories, an interactive online literacy tool.
Online literacy tool headquartered in Sterling Heights acquired by Illinois education company

Sheryl Ferlito, a Special Education Literacy and Intervention Supervisor at Chippewa Valley Schools, co-founded Sortegories, an interactive online literacy tool.

The Sterling Heights Community Center is located at 40250 Dodge Park Rd. in Sterling Heights.
Unique partnership to pair students with disabilities with adaptive internships in Sterling Heights

“This first-of-its-kind collaboration will give our students with disabilities essential job skills that will empower them to realize their future goals and dreams,” says Utica Community Schools Superintendent Robert Monroe.

A rendering of the future former site of Lakeside Mall, first released in 2022, which will be redeveloped as Lakeside Town Center.
Lakeside Mall set to close July 1 as developers make way for $1B Lakeside Town Center development

Following the mall’s closure and demolition, it’s expected that construction will break ground in 2025.

Sterling Heights resident Alex Delavan, out of the van and into the world.
Getting neighborly: Meet Sterling Heights’ resident musichead, living the van life

Alex Delavan has gone great lengths (and distances) to keep his home in Sterling Heights, so much so that he keeps his second home parked in his driveway here on Albany Drive.

Albany Drive in the springtime.
PHOTOS: How this unconventional traveler views home in Sterling Heights

Why this traveling musichead keeps coming back home. As he puts it: “I mean, I’m willing to live in a van three days a week so that I can keep my life here.”

The “Two Bears” sculpture by Marshall M. Fredericks in front of the Sterling Heights Public Library.
‘Learn, build compassion and break down barriers’: Human Library exhibit coming to Sterling Heights

“This program really embodies the spirit of empathy and inclusion that are part of our community’s core values,” says Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor.

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