Farmington Hills Beautification Awards: businesses, neighborhoods and Chestnut Ridge honored

The Farmington Hills Beautification Commission presented its 2025 Beautification Awards recognizing businesses, places of worship, condominium associations and residential subdivisions for landscape care and design.

Chair Kaylee Cysnowski opened the event and thanked honorees for their “steadfast commitment to making Farmington Hills beautiful,” and Kathy Brown, commission secretary, narrated photo slides and read the award recipients by category. Brown noted that nominees marked with an asterisk in the program received a continued-excellence designation for 10 or more years of recognition.

Selected winners named during the presentation included (by category):

- Offices: Arboretum Business Park (12 Mile Road), Farmington Hills Corporate Center 1 and 2 (Haggerty Road), Friedman Real Estate, JRT Agency, North Valley 1 and 2, Spectrum Office Center, Ward Eagle.

- Shopping center: Marketplace Shopping Center (Orchard Lake south of 13 Mile).

- Places of worship: Nardin Park United Methodist Church; United Orchard United Methodist Church; Saint Fabian Catholic Church and School.

- Condominiums: Chestnut Ridge (Halstead, north of 12 Mile); Copper Creek Community Association; Essex Club; Fairways of Farmington Hills; Greenpoint at Copper Creek; Hampshire House; Meadow Ridge; Pine Knowles; Ramblewood; Sierra Point; The Meadows.

- Businesses and institutions: America House; Farmer John's Greenhouse; Fox BMW of Farmington Hills and Fox Buick GMC; McCabe Funeral Home; Suburban Imports of Farmington Hills; and others.

- Subdivisions: Barrington Green; Dunbar Oaks; Farmington Brook; Farmington Ridge Glen's Groves; Farmington Square; Forest at Hunters Point; Halstead Hills; Halstead Hollow; Holly Hills Farms; Hunters Point; Kimberly; Meadowbrook Hills/Woods/Forest; Rolling Oaks West; Strathmore; 3 Oaks; Whispering Wood Estates; Woodland Trails.

The commission singled out Chestnut Ridge as this year’s Commissioner's Award winner; a Chestnut Ridge representative accepted a plaque on stage. Organizers closed by reminding attendees of a community litter walk on April 25 and a spring plant swap at Heritage Park on May 9, and by inviting residents to apply for two alternate positions on the Beautification Commission.

No formal votes or policy actions were taken at the event; the program was ceremonial and educational in purpose.