Fox Hills History

Based on available hand-written records dating back to 1873, the Fox Hills Subdivision area was initially farmland owned by many individuals.  In the 1960's the Wm J. Pulte Company proposed to develop the land as a residential neighborhood with common areas to include a school, a pool, tennis courts and a community house.  The houses were built in phases beginning in the late 1960's with completion in the early 1970's.  The land is bounded by South Boulevard on the north, I-75 on the East, an unplatted area on the south (now the Fox Hills Apartments) and Opdyke Road on the west. 

NEIGHborhood map

Pulte Architectural Plans

Brief History of Fox Hills Streets
1963 to 1969

• Initial Construction takes place using concrete per the construction code at the time

1970

• Bloomfield Township makes a deal with Oakland County for Bloomfield Township to perform street maintenance

1975

• Township’s contractor performs maintenance of streets, using high pressure air to dislodge debris, vacuum it up and fill in the separations with hot liquid tar.
• This is a well-known, high-quality process for concrete street repair.

1978

• Township applies hot asphalt coating over deteriorated concrete slabs.
• The asphalt is placed directly on top of the concrete
• While initially it looks smooth, over time, the asphalt does not hold up well

2000-2010

• Fox Hills Board member convinces Bloomfield Township to apply some of the township moneys to replace the most deteriorated street slabs without cost to Fox Hills.
• The Township agrees and replaces some of the slabs that were previously covered with asphalt, as the deteriorated asphalt resulted in an uneven surface, detrimental to street snow plows.
• The Township does this maintenance annually until around 2010

2016

• Fox Hills Board member investigates two options for repairing and replacing the streets that at this point are badly deteriorating, as they’re now around 50 years old.  One option is to replace the streets completely for a cost of $10 million dollars.  Another option is partial replacement of the worst sections for a cost of approximately $716k.  The cheaper replacement option for a SAD (special assessment) is voted on and fails to pass.