Highland Park is not only getting a movie production filming in the
city, but a movie about the city and resurrecting the abandoned
McGregor Library on Woondward.
Excerpt:
A school teacher living in this enclave suburb wins the lottery. No, he
doesn’t move out, he spends his money to get the shuttered McGregor
Library renovated and reopened after nearly a decade of neglect.
Sound like Hollywood? It is, sort of. It’s Michigan’s focus on film making as economic development at work.
With state tax incentives backing them, the Highland Park Productions
LLC, will begin shooting Sept. 28 on a $5 million movie to be set in
Highland Park. Danny Glover stars as the lucky, lotto-winning teacher.
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