Warren explores options to create new downtown

The city of Warren is making moves to make a long-time dream of a downtown area a reality. A development plan has already been hatched that would include a five-star hotel, restaurants, a nightclub and various shops. According to Mayor Jim Fouts, there would be lofts aimed at young professionals and an enclosed pedestrian bridge that would make it easy for GM Tech Center workers to come to-and-from the proposed walkable downtown area. City of Troy eyes massive changes, creation of downtown “The key to this downtown area will be the pedestrian bridge,” Fouts told 7 Action News. “It’ll be a lot like the Somerset Bridge. It’ll be climate controlled and easy for people to go to and from the GM Tech Center.”