Greater Lansing Community News

Council Members come to agreement on road study session

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NOVI, Mich- The Novi City Council met on June 17, and among other topics, approved a motion set forth by Councilwoman Laura Casey for an official road project study session that will take place on July 17. “We have been talking for quite some time about how bad the traffic is on our major roads and intersections,” said Casey. “We had done a big study on the Novi Road corridor, and we know we have tough traffic, and the study was eye opening with showing how the easements could be widened and how Grand River and Meadowbrook were impacted by the effects of this.” “There have been similar easement issues with Beck Road as well, so it’s really a combination of all of these factors that brought this session together,” said Casey. While sessions like this aren’t common, according to Casey, support for the meeting was not short to be had, on the condition that what comes out of the meeting is a real plan of things to get done.

Diamond Jim Brady's Bar and Bistro

Diamond Jim Brady’s owner, staff reflect on nearly 30 years in Novi

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NOVI, Mich.- Sustaining a business for nearly 30 years in one of the continually fastest growing cities in the state of Michigan could be seen as a challenge. For Diamond Jim Brady’s Bistro Bar owner Mary Brady, it couldn’t be seen as anything other than positive. “I would have to say that it’s all been a very positive experience,” said Brady. “It’s been an incredible journey as far the amount of industry and businesses that have come into the city and also the population has just exploded. It all makes it a wonderful place to do business.”

Originally opening in Detroit in 1954, Diamond Jim Brady’s initially opened a second restaurant in Southfield in 1980, a year after Brady was first hired by her eventual husband Tom Brady.