All Palmer Woods residents are invited to join the Palmer Woods Association (PWA) by paying annual dues, which support many vital services to our neighborhood. Dues are $495 per year or $275 for half a year. For more information, please call Gerald Primak, 313-368-5898 or email him at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
To join, send a check to the Palmer Woods Association, P.O. Box 21086, Detroit, MI 48221.
- Private security patrol car: 12 hours per day (varying hours), 7 days a week, 365 days a year. One of our Palmer Woods board members communicates constantly with the security patrol officers and the police, helping to track and reduce crime. Regular security alerts are emailed to PWA members. PWA members can click here to receive email security alerts.
- Street snow removal: To reduce accidents and injuries to our loved ones and autos.
- Beautification & Safety: Board members lobby incessantly and successfully for neighborhood improvements. Acquiring lighting with underground wiring, removing more than 100 dangerous dead trees, trimming nearly 300 trees, and planting numerous trees and flowers are a direct result. Upkeep of our garden islands and vacant properties improves the beauty of Palmer Woods and the value of our homes.
- Expertise to combat abandoned, foreclosed and neglected homes: Several PWA neighbors lead efforts to investigate and contact absentee landlords, banks and mortgage companies. This work includes identifying fraud and working with the City, real estate agents and legal authorities to prevent deterioration of properties and help place them on the market.
- Advocates for our interests: Board members communicate and lobby with the Fire and Police Departments, and other city, county and state officials and leaders.
- Lower property tax laws: PW Board members and neighbors worked with state legislators and city officials revising tax laws to make living in Palmer Woods more affordable.
- Communication via the Palmer Woods Post, email alerts, and website: palmerwoods.org.
- Events: Gatherings, block parties and concerts help us meet our neighbors and build a caring, safer community.
- PWA built permanent lighted landmarks to identify our neighborhood at major intersections by Woodward and Seven Mile.
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For almost two decades, PWA has organized the Palmer Woods Home Tour, which raises funds for neighborhood beautification, donates a portion of the profits to organizations to help the homeless, and broadcasts the message that Palmer Woods is a great neighborhood to live in and raise families. PWA also presents the Palmer Woods Music in Homes series to further these goals.
