Novi, Michigan City of Novi Novi Civic Center Novi Civic Center Novi (/ no va / noh-vy) is a town/city in Oakland County in the U.S.
The town/city is positioned approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of the center of Detroit, and about 8 miles (13 km) west of the border of Detroit.
The town/city is positioned inside the boundaries of the survey township of Novi Township.
Water fortress in Novi, noting "Birthplace Novi Special" Novi was originally a township organized in 1832 from Farmington Township.
Novi was incorporated as a town/city in 1969 after the approval of a town/city charter on February 18, 1969 by Village of Novi voters.
The approval of incorporation and the town/city charter followed a several previous attempts at incorporation that were rejected by Novi voters. The town/city was incorporated along the boundaries of the existing Village of Novi.
The historic Township Hall was originally positioned on Novi Road, south of Grand River.
It was moved to the Novi Library property in the 1980s.
The City of Novi completed the Fuerst Farmstead. The north barn was finished on July 16, 2008.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 31.28 square miles (81.01 km2), of which 30.26 square miles (78.37 km2) is territory and 1.02 square miles (2.64 km2) is water. The town/city is positioned on Walled Lake. Walled Lake, which lies mainly inside Novi, is the biggest lake in the city.
Three primary freeways in the town/city converge in Novi. The city's locale provides direct access to a several major freeways including I-96, I-696, I-275 and M-5.
Novi continues to be one of the quickest burgeoning cities in Michigan.
The assembly of Twelve Oaks Mall in 1977 made the town/city a primary shopping destination in the Detroit urbane region and is often credited with ushering in an era of expansion that lasted for 40 years (although, in fact, the improve had been burgeoning rapidly since the 1950s).
This expansion has led to substantial increases in the city's population, as well as commercial and industrialized developments in the city.
Novi was ranked #48 on Money magazine's list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in 2008. As of January 2009 Novi has over 1,600 businesses. Novi has a small-town economy that includes businesses of all sizes from global corporations with small-town and county-wide offices in Novi to owner-operated businesses serving the small-town area.
While Novi is recognized for its large concentration of retail businesses clustered at the Novi Road and I-96 interchange, there are a several large retail centers in the town/city as well as many individual retail businesses.
Novi has a number of car dealerships along Haggerty Road and Grand River Avenue.
These companies include the command posts for ITC Transmission, Novi Energy and bureaus of Patrick Energy Services. The company improve in Novi is represented by the Novi Chamber of Commerce. Kroger operates its Michigan county-wide offices at 40399 Grand River Avenue in Novi. The Japan Auto Parts Industries Association, North America has its offices in Novi. Toyota Boshoku America opened in a Novi office in 2002, with 10 employees.
As of April 2013 the business has two office buildings in Novi with 210 total employees, with about 30 of them being Japanese assignees.
Ted Schafer, the vice president of the Technical Center, said that Novi was chose due to the improve and schools "friendly" to Japanese citizens , and the adjacency to General Motors offices, Toyota offices, and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. In December 2009 American Mitsuba Corp.
Moved to Novi, and as of April 2013 the office employs 32 citizens , and increase from when it was first established.
Novi rates among the top Oakland County communities for research, technology and service companies.[who?] To manage expansion and to continue to attract commerce with its accessible location, Novi partners with local, state and federal agencies to movement infrastructure.
Novi has a Neighborhoods and Business Relations Group to attract and retain businesses and streamlined many of its planning and approvals processes to encourage new company and development, as well as redevelopment.
Novi has been able to attract a several smaller, innovative global firms that have been able to incubate and grew into a larger facility, such as Howa USA Holdings, a Japanese auto supplier with a new research and evolution center in Novi specializing in interior components for vehicles.
Over the last several years, Novi has concentrated its economic evolution efforts on the telematics and car connectivity industries.
Within the telematics industry, more than 5,000 firms employ approximately 70,000 citizens in Oakland County, many of them are working in Novi.
Those firms in Novi include Cooper-Standard Automotive, Freescale Semiconductor, Elektrobit, and Harman/Becker Automotive.
Tognum, based in Germany, is scheduled to relocate their command posts to Novi on Haggerty Road, between 13 and 14 Mile Roads.
According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top enhance and private zone employers in the town/city are: 1 Novi Community School District 809 7 City of Novi 254 The park is positioned between Walled Lake and Twelve Mile Road, west of Novi Road.
Ella Mae Power Park, positioned behind the Novi Civic Center, hosts softball and baseball games and tournaments.
In 2004, the City of Novi negotiated for the donation of a several parcels of parkland on the west side of the city.
In 2005, the City of Novi was awarded a Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) grant to acquire 54 acres (22 ha) two areas of surroundingally sensitive property in southeast Novi inside the Rouge River watershed.
In 2007, the City was awarded a second MNRTF grant to acquire 16 acres (65,000 m2) of natural region in southwest Novi inside the headwaters of the Huron River watershed.
In 2010, the City was awarded a third MNRTF grant to precarious the city-owned property on the south end of Walled Lake, once the site of the Walled Lake Casino and Amusement Park, into a enhance park.
Novi operates under the council-manager fitness of government with an appointed town/city manager and propel town/city council.
The town/city manager oversees the day-to-day operations of the city, manages staff operations, recommends the annual budget and makes policy recommendations to the council.
The town/city council approves the town/city budget and sets town/city policies and ordinances.
The current council consists of Mayor Bob Gatt, Mayor Pro Tempore David Staudt and council members Laura Casey, Gwen Markham, Andrew Mutch, Brian Burke and Wayne Wrobel. The City of Novi is represented in the 38th District of the Michigan House of Representatives by State Representative Kathy Crawford.
The City Manager is Pete Auger. The town/city has 249 full-time employees and a total budget of $63.1 million.
The Novi Civic Center is positioned at 45175 West Ten Mile Road between Novi and Taft Roads.
The Novi Public Library opened a new 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2) library west of the previous library in June 2010.
The Novi Fire Department was formed in 1929 to serve Novi Township.
The Novi Police Department was formed in 1954 to serve Novi Township.
Prior to 1954, Novi contracted with the Oakland County Sheriffs Department for police protection.
In the town/city in 2000, the populace was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 35.7% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of 2011 15.9% of its inhabitants were Asian, and Novi had 2,438 Japanese residents, giving it the biggest Japanese populace of any Michigan municipality.
By 2011 the Japanese populace experienced an increase of 53% from 2003, when the town/city had 1,417 Japanese residents.
The economic director of the City of Novi, Ara Topouzian, said "We've been told often by the consulate-general's office or other Japanese officials that they refer to Novi as Little Tokyo because we've been very warm and welcoming and accommodating." Many Japanese in Novi are in the United States on temporary visas which last for three to five years. According to Dr.
John Providence Health System, many Japanese in Novi work in development, engineering, and research.
Their workplaces are positioned in and around a several cities including Novi, Ann Arbor, and Springfield Township. As of April 2013 there are 2,666 Japanese nationals who live in Novi. The Novi Public Library has Japanese content in the adult and children's sections.
The Novi Community School District has enrollment knowledge and other documents available in Japanese.
The websites of the City of Novi, the Novi Public Library, and St.
The Novi Kroger and the Staybridge Suites extended stay hotel cater to Japanese customers.
The town/city also has Japanese cultural activities and cultural activities offered in Japanese, including horseback riding lessons conducted in the Japanese language and a Japanese movie evening. The hospital offers cultural awareness training for employees, documents interpreted in Japanese, Japanese translators, and yoga classes conducted in Japanese. Novi had attained several Japanese restaurants by the mid-1990s.
In summer 2011, the Japanese School of Detroit moved to Novi from Birmingham. Novi High School entrance sign Novi includes all or part of four enhance school districts including Novi Community Schools, Northville Public Schools, South Lyon Community Schools, and Walled Lake Consolidated School District. All Novi Community Schools schools, including five elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school, are in the town/city limits. The Hickory Woods and Meadowbrook elementary schools from Walled Lake precinct are in the town/city limits.
All five Novi schools elementary schools and Novi Middle School serve the Novi Community Schools portion. Of the South Lyon portion, Dolsen and Hardy Elementary Schools, and Centennial Middle School serve the portion. Of the Walled Lake portion, Hickory Woods and Meadowbrook elementaries, and James R.
Public high schools serving Novi include: Novi High School (Novi Community Schools) - inside the town/city limits The Charles and Myrtle Walker Novi Public Library serves Novi.
The Japanese School of Detroit (JSD), a supplementary Japanese school, offers Saturday Japanese classes.
The Sundai Michigan International Academy ( Sundai Mishigan Kokusai Gakuin), affiliated with the Sundai Center for International Education ( Sundai Kokusai Kyoiku Senta, see ), is positioned in Novi. The school's purpose is to prepare Japanese kids who have lived in the United States for a long time for a return to Japan, and to assist newly appeared Japanese kids who have no fluency of English. Novi is home to six Swedish Detroit Red Wings. Mike Babcock, the former coach of the team, called Novi "Little Sweden" due to the concentration of Swedish Red Wings players. Nicklas Lidstrom (1970-), captain, Detroit Red Wings, a Novi street is titled in his honor Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Novi, Michigan City of Novi.
About the MSU Tollgate Education Center, Michigan State University Extension "Station: Novi, MI".
"Fuerst Farm Novi - Preserving Novi's Past for Novi's Future".
"Novi's biz expansion beats odds." Novi Chamber of Commerce "40399 Grand River Road, Suite 110 Novi, MI 48375" "'Little Tokyo' thrives in Novi as Japanese populace expands." City of Novi CAFR John Health-Providence Park Novi Hospital." "Japan Festival 2011 to take place Sunday at Novi High School." Novi City Council "City of Novi, Michigan - City Manager".
City Charter 2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates, United States Enumeration Bureau Archived July 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
See "Appendix III-2: Asian Population in Oakland County Communities in 2000" - Row: "Novi" Column: "Asian Indian" "New Hindu temple in Novi reflects region's burgeoning Asian-Indian population" ().
(Archive) City of Novi.
"Novi District Elementary Schools." Novi Community School District.
The precinct encompasses all or parts of Northville and Novi, along with Northville Township, Salem Township and the town/city of South Lyon." Novi Public Library.
"Wings turn Novi into 'Little Sweden'."[dead link] The Detroit News.
"In Metro Detroit, six of the team's seven Swedish players live inside five miles of each other in Novi, prompting coach Mike Babcock to recently dub the suburb "Little Sweden." Novi Public Library.
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