1. Warren Mayor Jim Fouts
Announces Unique “Pocket Park”
Warren, MI – March 28, 2013: Warren Mayor Jim Fouts has
announced a unique park project in the city’s historic village area. The
Warren Pocket Park will be located on the northwest corner of Mound
and Chicago Roads.
Local architectural and design students (emerging young
professionals) under the direction of Team-4-Community, a design
firm, will do much of the design work.
By involving students in the design of the new park, Team-4-
Community will fulfill its core philosophy of bridging the gap between
“theory and practice.” “Designing a public green space will provide
invaluable experience to the students, augmenting their education,”
said Harold Remlinger. Fouts agrees with this approach.
Once completed, the City of Warren will use the design drawings to
spark public interest, and channel the community’s enthusiasm to
advance the project towards the implementation phase.
Ryan Dloski, AutoCAD instructor at Lincoln High School in Warren,
remarked, “This project represents a great learning opportunity for
students. It gets them out of the classroom and into the community.”
Dloski will work with the students to craft the dies for the park’s marker
signs.
John DeDecker, chair of the Village of Warren Historical District
Commission commented that the park “will make for a wonderful
gateway to the village historic district” and that the greater community

2. “will enjoy the beautified environment. I’d like to thank the mayor for
his strong support of the project.”
City Councilman Keith Sadowski looks forward to the park becoming a
reality and sees it as a rejuvenating force for the historic village area.
“The new park will provide a new home for our gazebo, and the
historic marker now located in the Mound Road median, which will
enhance safety. We also envision the park as a rest station for a
future city wide network of bike paths,” remarked Sadowski.
Neighborhood resident and business owner Julie Kuhnhenn is very
pleased to see the project become a reality. “I’m very excited that the
City of Warren is proceeding with this project, which will provide
residents of the village neighborhood a place to meet, relax and learn
about the history of our city from the various historical markers which
will be displayed.” Kuhnhenn points out that many of the surrounding
residences are quite historic, and that her own home was constructed
in 1885.