City of Grosse Pointe Approves Neighborhood Club-Beaumont Project

The council gave the final approval for the , a new health and fitness community center, Monday during a special meeting.

In two unanimous votes, the council approved both the special land use request as well as the site plans for the new center, which is slated to break ground in September on the current site of the Neighborhood Club at Waterloo and Notre Dame streets.

Both requests were tabled during the council's last meeting as a few finishing details were being worked out between the city and the officials involved in the joint project. 

Council members asked questions about the plans and wished interim executive director Sean Bruce good luck on the project. They also told him they were looking forward to the completion of the project. 

Their approval comes on the same day the Neighborhood Club announced its new executive director, Stuart Alderman. He most recently worked for the city of Troy as the director of recreation for 26 years. Before that, Alderman worked in Oak Park's Recreation Department for eight years, according to a Neighborhood Club press release. 

Alderman is familiar with the Neighborhood Club, its offerings as well as its mission, as his own children participated in programs when they were young. Alderman also has been involved with a variety of community recreation organizations throughout his career, according to the release. 

Alderman will replace the former director John Bruce, who retired this year after decades of operating the community organization. Sean Bruce is John Bruce's son and has been running it in the interim.