This parking lot photograph was taken from the front of Citizen's Insurance Company, 645 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, 1984. The view looks across Grand River to the north; visible to the left is Byron Road. In 2022 the building is owned by Keller Williams Realty
In 1983, the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce applied for a R/UDAT (Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team) study, an American Institute of Architects program that brought a team of professionals to the city for a four-day period to study Howell's downtown, its ability to compete for regional shopping, and to make recommendations for improvements to re-vitalize the city. The team, in 1984, during the study took photographs, interviewed people, held forums, and in the end provided an outline of strategies.
