Livonia, Michigan Livonia, Michigan City of Livonia Livonia City Hall Livonia City Hall Location of Livonia inside Michigan Location of Livonia inside Michigan Livonia, Michigan is positioned in the US Livonia, Michigan - Livonia, Michigan Livonia is a town/city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S.
The populace was 96,942 at the 2010 census, making it Michigan's ninth biggest municipality. The municipality is a part of Metro Detroit, and is positioned approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, and less than two miles (3 km) from the town/city limits of Detroit (Redford Township lies between the two).
First settled by pioneers from New England and New York, an act by the Legislature of the Territory of Michigan established the borders of Livonia Township on March 17, 1835.
The pioneer brought with them the name "Livonia", a name that had already been given to Livonia, New York, Livonia, Pennsylvania and a region of the Baltic Sea titled Livonia in present-day Estonia and Latvia, from which many early pioneer came. Livonia was incorporated into a town/city on May 23, 1950, by vote of the people of the township.
A momentous motivation was to gain tax revenues from the DRC (Detroit Race Course), which was Michigan's only thoroughbred horse race track; it closed in 1998.
Livonia Mall was assembled to the north in 1964.
It also closed in 2008 and was redeveloped as Livonia Marketplace, featuring a second Walmart, along with Sears and Kohl's.
Livonia is home to the Livonia Hockey Association, the biggest amateur hockey association in Michigan, as well as two-time state champions the Livonia Knights.
The town/city also boasts the Livonia City Soccer Club (LCSC), one of the biggest soccer programs in the state with 1,300 participants.
Livonia Public Schools Livonia is home to various private and enhance universities and universities, including Madonna University, Schoolcraft College, a small University of Phoenix campus, and a Continuing Education Center of Eastern Michigan University.
The most recent college to open in Livonia is a Davenport University campus, which opened on September 26, 2008.
Eastern Michigan University (Livonia Campus) Livonia Public Schools administration Most of Livonia is served by the Livonia Public Schools district, consisting of two early childhood centers, thirteen elementary schools, four upper elementary Schools, three middle schools and three high schools.
A portion of northeast Livonia is served by the Clarenceville School District.
There are presently five high schools in Livonia, four of which are public: Franklin, Churchill and Stevenson high schools in the Livonia Public Schools district; Clarenceville High School in the Clarenceville Public School District; and Ladywood High School, a Catholic all-girls private school run by the Felician Sisters.
Bentley High School, the first one assembled in the district, closed in 1985.
Each high school in the Livonia Public School District offers a different educational program.
Stevenson High School is the home of the school of Global Education, an alternative education model which combines students' English and civil studies classes with a focus on the student's part in the world.
Frost Middle School homes the Middle School Alternative Classrooms for the Academically Talented (MACAT) program.
The enhance K-6 Webster Elementary School is home to the Alternative Classrooms for the Academically Talented (ACAT) program, as well as many after-school programs.
In 2008, the initial Webster school was burned down by an arsonist, and Webster was moved to a closed-down school, Tyler Elementary.
Livonia Public Schools (LPS also serves parts of Westland.) MSC (Math, Science, Computers) a program for the ted homed at Churchill High School accepting only 30 students a year and 12 alternates The Hinoki International School, a two-way Japanese-English immersion charter elementary school, was once positioned in Livonia. Originally titled the Japanese American School of South East Michigan (JASSEM, Nanto Mishigan Nichibei Gakko Jashimu ), it opened in September 2010 as a charter school authorized by Livonia Public Schools.
Until 2014, it was homed in the former Taylor Elementary School, until forced to move by LPS, when the precinct created its own Japanese bilingual-immersion program in its place.
There are a number of parochial undertaking schools attached to Catholic and Lutheran churches around Livonia, including: The Livonia Public Library includes the Civic Center Library, the Alfred Noble Library, the Carl Sandburg Library, and the Vest Pocket Library. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 35.86 square miles (92.88 km2), of which 35.70 square miles (92.46 km2) is territory and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) is water. Livonia has limited access to enhance bus service through the Detroit Department of Transportation.
Livonia was listed at #2. Livonia's mayor is Dennis K.
The town/city is positioned in Michigan's 11th congressional district.
Livonia is in Michigan's 7th State Senate District, and is represented by Patrick Colbeck (Republican).
Most of Livonia makes up Michigan's 19th State House District which propel Laura Cox (Republican) in 2014.
A part of southeast Livonia is in the 11th precinct which also propel a freshman in 2014, Julie Plawecki (Democrat).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 92.0% White, 3.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 2.5% Asian, 0.4% from other competitions, and 1.4% from two or more competitions.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.45% White, 0.95% African American, 0.22% Native American, 1.94% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other competitions, and 1.11% from two or more competitions.
Livonia has a substantial Middle Eastern populace mostly Arab and trace their lineage to the Levant region, mainly from Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Lebanon, and are of the Christian faith.
The improve settled in Livonia in the late 1960s and has since continued a steady growth.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 6.3% was from 18 to 24, 28.7% was from 25 to 44, 24.3% was from 45 to 64, and 16.9% were 65 years of age or older.
As of 2000, Livonia was the town/city in the United States with over 100,000 citizens that had the highest percentage of non-Hispanic white citizens . The Livonia Observer prints twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays. The journal Between The Lines and the website Pride - Source, presented by Pride Source Media Group, LLC (PSMG), are headquartered in Livonia.
Chapel (1961) of the Felician Sisters in Livonia, Michigan - architectural sculpture by Corrado Parducci.
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