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The city manager has the vested powers and responsibility to appoint and remove all city employees and department heads, prepare the city's budget, and other city functions. [98] The current Hamtramck City Hall is a former hospital building. In 1927, the Hamtramck Municipal Hospital, housed in a Georgian Revival building, opened.
By 1920, the population of Hamtramck had boomed to 48,000, an increase of over 13 times in ten years. The increase in population meant an increase in housing and commercial space, and in 1922 Hamtramck incorporated as a city. Most of the stores along the main shopping street, Joseph Campau, opened in the 1920s. [3]
Campau Historic District is located along the street in Hamtramck. Along Joseph Campau Street and the Detroit River are River Place and The Roberts Riverwalk Hotel and Residence Detroit . Joseph Campau Street has a unique collection of buildings in southeast Michigan reflecting early 20th century commercial architecture.
Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib, center, and Hamtramck City Manager Max Garbarino, left, speaks with people following a ceremony for the renaming of Holbrook Street in Hamtramck to Palestine Avenue on ...
For the first time in 100 years, a non-Polish mayor will lead Hamtramck.
Amer Ghalib is an American politician serving as the Democratic mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, since November 3, 2021. He is the first Arab American and Muslim to serve as mayor of Hamtramck. He is a social conservative and endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election. After Trump began his presidency in 2025, Ghalib ...
Hamtramck was once a Polish-majority city, but today, the city is only 5% Polish, according to 2020 census data. White people, meaning those with roots in Europe, make up 17% of the city. Arab ...
Jean-François Hamtramck (or John Francis Hamtramck; 1756 – 11 April 1803) was a Canadian-born Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War. In the Revolution, he participated in the Invasion of Quebec , the Sullivan Expedition , and the Siege of Yorktown .