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Sterling Heights recognizes homeowners, businesses and places of worship with 2025 beautification awards

5933931 · October 8, 2025

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Summary

The Beautification Commission presented its 2025 awards and council moved to formally recognize winners. The commission judged 24 nominations and introduced a new Sterling Green Garden Award to honor native plants, rain gardens and pollinator habitat.

The Sterling Heights Beautification Commission presented its 2025 awards to homeowners, businesses and places of worship and the City Council moved to formally recognize the recipients.

Gary Isom, chair of the commission, told council the commission judged 24 nominations over five months and presented winners in categories including single‑family residential, multifamily, commercial and places of worship. Isom said the commission added a Sterling Green Garden Award this year to highlight sustainable landscaping practices such as native plantings, rain gardens and pollinator‑friendly designs.

Isom called winners by address and category and asked council to join commissioners in presenting awards. Examples named during the presentation included residential winners on Granada Drive, Lakeshore Drive and Amsterdam Drive; businesses such as Dinka Dental and Dodge Park Coney Island; and places of worship including Saint Matthias and Saint Michael Catholic communities. The commission displayed photographs of winning properties.

Council voted to recognize the winners. Councilmember Sierowski moved to “individually and collectively recognize the 2025 beautification award winners,” the motion was supported and carried with no further discussion recorded.

Why it matters: The awards are a civic recognition program that showcases private and institutional improvements to the city’s visual environment and highlights sustainable practices through the new green garden category.