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Livonia enjoys unmatched accessibility. The City’s strategic location offers easy east-west access via the Jeffries Expressway (I-96) and north-south transportation on the I-275 expressway. Major highways and interstates fan out in every direction providing convenient drive times.

With a population of over 100,000, Livonia is the 2nd Largest City in Wayne County, the 8th Largest City in Michigan and the 242nd Largest City in the United States.

At $5.121 billion, Livonia has the 3rd highest S.E.V.(State Equalized Value) in the State. At the same time, Livonia’s property tax rate is the lowest tax rate among cities in Wayne County, at $34.57 per $1,000 taxable value.

Livonia is a carefully planned community of residential, industrial, commercial and civic development. As the City’s motto proclaims, "People Come First" in Livonia. The community has successfully maintained its friendly, hometown atmosphere in the midst of unprecedented urban growth.

Livonia has been recognized by the FBI as the 7th Safest City in the Country.  It has also been named  the 2nd Best Kid Friendly Place in the Nation by Population Connection. The City of Livonia has also been rated the 2nd Least Economic Stressful by the City American City Business Journals.  In 2008, Popular Science ranked Livonia as one of the top 50 Green Cities in the United States.  This is a great place to live, work, learn and play!

Livonia’s students benefit from two fine public school systems – Livonia Public Schools and the Clarenceville School District -- as well as 6 parochial elementary and 1 parochial senior high school. The City is home to two institutions of higher education, Madonna University and Schoolcraft Community College. Livonia has three municipal libraries.

A superior education system produces a skilled workforce. There are some 5,000 businesses in Livonia. Major local employers include Ford Motor Company, General Motors, United Parcel Services and St. Mary Mercy Hospital.

Livonia’s industry is concentrated in a six square mile corridor combining major railroad and highway access to all sections of the metropolitan region.

Livonia offers an array of recreational opportunities. The Livonia Parks and Recreation Department now oversees 46 developed municipal parks that encompass nearly 1,800 acres. Livonia takes pride in its 3 city owned and operated golf courses, twenty-two playgrounds, forty-two baseball diamonds, thirty-three tennis courts, and twenty-seven soccer fields.  The City also owns two indoor ice arenas with three sheets of ice.  Livonia's state of the art Community Recreation Center is a 130,000 square-foot facility with two pools, four gyms, gymnastics center, climbing wall, indoor soft playground and fitness center with indoor track.  Outside features at this new facility include four soccer fields, in-lined skate rink, skateboard park, sand volleyball courts and water spray ground.

Livonia offers a number of entertainment venues, including upscale restaurants and movie theaters including the newest, a 20-screen state of the art facility. The two major shopping centers, Laurel Park Mall and Livonia Mall, each have major department store chains as their anchor store.

Livonia celebrates its birthday at Spree, an annual carnival at Ford Field, Farmington Road and Lyndon. Special entertainment includes amusement rides, food, fireworks and various attractions for the whole family. The hard work of the Spree Board and Committee, and many volunteers, helps to raise funds for the City of Livonia and for many non-profit projects and programs in the community – including annual Spree scholarships.