The next series in the program calendar is entitled Active Parenting of Teens, which is a six-week program for parents of 12-17 year old children.  The program focuses on presenting practical strategies for drawing families together during the challenges of adolescence.  It will be held on Mondays, beginning January 15, 2007 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Stone Haven Free Methodist Church.  The church is located at 1349 W.  Wattles in Troy. To register for this free class please contact Troy Youth Assistance at 248-823-5095.

The first meeting of the Troy Community Coalition for the Prevention of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco abuse will be held at the Troy Police and Fire Training center on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.  The Training center is located on the east side of John R just south of Long Lake.   Members of the community and media are welcome to attend and participate as we begin planning Coalition activities for the upcoming year.  For more information, please call the Coalition at 248-823-5088.

Detroit News…

After lack of demand grounded an ambitious high-rise condo and retail project in Troy along Big Beaver Road, developers have purchased additional property and are looking for ways to redesign the project. Joseph Freed and Associates closed its sales office for The Monarch this month after pre-selling about 24 of 156 condos planned for the $104 million mixed-use development. Several factors hurt the project, including the local housing glut, the condo prices -- $400,000 to $800,000 -- and the relative novelty of upscale high-rise living in suburban Detroit…

See the article at … http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061226/BIZ/612260364