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NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION AND LOCAL ATTRACTIONS BLOOMFIELD HILLS AREA Cranbrook Gardens - Flickr Commons - wsilver REAL ESTATE ONE COMMUNITIES BLOOMFIELD HILLS AND SURROUNDING AREAS Bloomfield Hunt Club Estates Quarton Lake Estates in Birmingham This stunning private, gated community offers the best in The majority of Quarton Lake Estates is comprised of high-end homes. When you live in Bloomfield Hunt Club historic Tudor homes, most of which have been updated to Estates, you belong to a private community that grants you include modern appliances and amenities. Many homes in full membership to the Bloomfield Open Hunt. Amenities Quarton Lake Estates also feature large, spacious lots with include formal and informal dining, swimming pool, tennis rich greenery and lush landscaping. courts, equestrian facilities, and cross-country skiing. There is always plenty to do for Quarton Lake Estates Charing Cross home owners, with the nearby Quarton Lake and Booth This desirable Bloomfield Hills neighborhood is comprised Park acting as popular leisure destinations. Quarton Lake of medium size to large single-family homes. Homes are Park attracts visitors from all over the city to its serene situated on estate size lots and were built between 1940- nature paths, beautiful waterfall and peaceful dock on 1999. Charing Cross is located east of Woodward and near the water. Booth Park is an award-winning park complete the prestigious Cranbrook School. with beautiful walking trails and an exciting playscape. Residents of all ages love this popular local park. Hickory Grove Hills Quarton Lake Estates is home to a number of great This community consists of 98 single-family residences boutiques and attractions, including the Schakolad which face Algate, Woodedge, London Wall and the north Chocolate Factory, Birmingham Historical Museum and a side of Hickory Grove streets in Bloomfield Township. Most number of specialty shops providing everything from fresh of the homes were built in the 1960s & 70s with a variety of fish to psychic readings. architectural styles. Pride of ownership is prevalent within the subdivision with residences being remodeled and Quarton Lake Estates is a luxury neighborhood that maintained to a high standard. Hickory Grove Hills is close includes gorgeous estate homes and charming historic to Downtown Birmingham and Somerset Collections. buildings. COMMUNITIES BLOOMFIELD HILLS AND SURROUNDING AREAS Orchard Lake Cass Lake Orchard Lake homes present the opportunity to indulge Resting along the shores of Oakland County’s largest lake, in the best of Michigan’s lakeside living. As the second Cass Lake real estate offers premium lakeside living in largest lake in Oakland County (second only to Cass Lake), gorgeous waterfront homes. Orchard Lake is a well-established lake that has become home to hundreds of fulfilled residents. Cass Lake is an all sports lake, allowing residents to indulge in all their favorite water-based activities. The lake is known Luxury homes on Orchard Lake are stunning pieces of real as a great spot to find walleye, bass, trout and crappie, as estate, frequently featuring private docks, stunning scenic well as bluegill and pike. Restrictions on activity between views and comfortable home designs. Orchard Lake truly is 9 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. allow Cass Lake home owners to a paradise and real estate in the area reflects the beautiful indulge in a mix of action-packed days and relaxing waterfront style of life. evenings. Orchard Lake Country Club Cass Lake homes are diverse in age, with a number of Indulge in exemplary living with homes near Orchard Lake homes being built from the 1950s onward. The lake also Country Club, and experience the finer side of Michigan intersects Waterford, West Bloomfield, Keego Harbor and life. The club’s Colt & Alison par 72 golf course will delight Orchard Lake Village. As a result, buyers interested in real golfers of all experience levels, with championship holes estate on Cass Lake have a variety of living options and nestled in a backdrop of rolling hills, natural forests can usually find the perfect home for their needs. and challenging obstacles. Off the course, the club’s executive chef will delight your taste buds with his culinary masterpieces, in a medley of casual, fine, banquet and catering options. Orchard Lake Country Club has a fleet of 24 sailboats, Har-Tru tennis courts, a pool, lake house and over 650 feet of gorgeous waterfront property for your recreational enjoyment. The club also boasts an array of development programs focused around activities like personal training, sports skills and children’s lessons. Michigan Renaissance Fesitval EVENTS ANNUAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS The Woodward Dream Cruise Downtown Hoedown www.woodwarddreamcruise.com http://wycd.cbslocal.com/category/hoedown The Woodward Dream Cruise is the world’s largest The WYCD Downtown Hoedown, established in 1983 is one-day celebration of car culture, attracting more than regarded by the Country Music Industry as a premier 1 million visitors and over 50,000 muscle cars, street showcase opportunity for new and established artists. rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles Located at Hart Plaza in the heart of downtown to Metro Detroit. Information source: https://www. Detroit, the event attracts hundreds of thousands of facebook.com/WoodwardDreamCruise/info?tab=page_ enthusiastic country music fans from the Midwest and info beyond. Information source: https://www.facebook.com/ DowntownHoedown/info?tab=page_info Arts Beats and Eats www.artsbeatseats.com Renaissance Festival Now entering its eighteenth year, Arts, Beats and www.michrenfest.com Eats has celebrated many successes, including Take a time-travel adventure into the 16th century at the attracting large crowds each year, earning top rankings annual Michigan Renaissance Festival! Visitors enjoy the for its juried fine arts show, securing top national sights and sounds of a 17-acre village, complete with entertainment, and providing unique interactive building reproductions of Renaissance shops, taverns programs for the family. Information source: http:// and a magnificent castle. Continuous entertainment www.artsbeatseats.com/overview takes place on the streets and on 17 themed stages; featuring full-contact armored jousting, comedy and theater shows, music, games, people-powered rides Arts and Apples and so much more! Information source: http://www. www.pccart.org/art-apples-festival michrenfest.com/generalinfo.html For 50 years, the Art & Apples Festival® has transformed the 30-acre Rochester Park into one of the nation’s top fine art fairs with over 290 exhibiting Berkley Days artists from across the country. The festival is a program www.berkleymich.org/community_berkleydays.shtm Berkley days is a weekend festival held in the City of of Paint Creek Center for the Arts, a regional, nonprofit Berkley. This family friendly event consists of a 5k and art center located in downtown Rochester. Information 10k run, Miss Berkley Days contest, sports contests, source: http://www.pccart.org/art-apples-festival midway/carnival rides, craft show, and more! The Detroit Institute of Arts ART & CULTURE FINE ARTS, MUSEUMS, AND THEATRE The Detroit Institute of Arts Michigan Science Center www.dia.org www.mi-sci.org The DIA has been a beacon of culture for the Detroit area The Michigan Science Center (MiSci) is a unique, fun for well over a century. Founded in 1885, the museum and dynamic hands-on museum, offering programs that was originally located on Jefferson Avenue, but, due to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and its rapidly expanding collection, moved to a larger site on appreciate science, technology, engineering and math Woodward Avenue in 1927. The museum covers 658,000 in a fun, dynamic learning environment. Through an square feet that includes more than 100 galleries, a interactive approach to science with engaging, hands-on 1,150-seat auditorium, a 380-seat lecture/recital hall, an exhibits, shows and activities, MiSci strives to help launch art reference library, and a state-of-the-art conservation the next generation of Michigan’s engineers, scientists services laboratory. Information source: http://www.dia. and innovators, and significantly impact the cultural org/about/history.aspx and economic renewal of Detroit and Michigan. MiSci is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Information source: Henry Ford Museum http://www.mi-sci.org/visit-us/about-us/ www.thehenryford.com The Henry Ford is a large indoor and outdoor history St. Dunstan’s Theatre museum complex and a National Historic Landmark in the www.stdunstanstheatre.com Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn. Named for its founder, St. Dunstan’s Theatre Guild of Cranbrook is an the noted automobile industrialist Henry Ford, and based independent, non-profit organization committed to on his desire to preserve items of historical significance producing quality theatre in their community. Not and portray the Industrial Revolution, the property coincidentally, they’re named for St. Dunstan, patron saint houses a vast array of famous homes, machinery, exhibits, of the arts - a legacy carried on through the loyal support and Americana. Information source: http://en.wikipedia. of the members and audiences. Every member of St. org/wiki/The_Henry_Ford Dunstan’s is a volunteer. Onstage and off, they all share a love of theatre and a commitment to their “home away Cranbrook from home.” They’re also dedicated to the community www.cranbrook.edu and donate a portion of the proceeds each year to Cranbrook is one of the world’s leading centers of support three Cranbrook scholarships. Information source: education, science, and art. It is comprised of a graduate http://www.stdunstanstheatre.com/about.php Academy of Art, contemporary Art Museum, House and Gardens, Institute of Science, and Pre-K through 12 independent college preparatory schools. Information source: http://www.cranbrook.edu/about Detroit Zoo ENTERTAINMENT OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST Bloomfield Open Hunt Club Bowers Farm www.bohclub.com www.bloomfield.org - listed under the “departments” The BOH welcomes members and their guests section of the website.