Welcome to the Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site
A site rich in Detroit’s automotive history. It’s a lovely venue for weddings, car shows, plus corporate & social events.
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Come take a chronological look at correspondence related to the Packard Proving Grounds, its product, and individuals connected with the PPG from the beginning until the end in 1956.

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Packard Weddings

It’s a unique venue for weddings & all sorts of social events. This lovely 17 acre site is on the National Registry of Historic Places and features rustic, vintage circa 1928 buildings designed by Albert Kahn for the Packard Motor Car Company. Learn more.

Shelby Farmers Market

Established September 2010, the Shelby Farmer’s Market is an outdoor market held on the front lawn of the Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site. Half of the proceeds from the market go to the Packard Motor Car Foundation to help fund the restoration work onsite. Learn more.

Packard Motor Car Foundation

The Packard Motor Car Foundation is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the preservation of the products, history, and properties of The Packard Motor Car Company. Learn more.

The Packard Motor Car Company Employees Search

We’re seeking Packard Motor Car workers of days gone by!

We are re-creating a listing of the former employees of the Packard Motor Car Company. It’s a bit of detective work, but if you can help supply some of the clues – together we may be able to create an accurate historical record of all the men and women that worked for the Packard Motor Car Company throughout it’s history.

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Passport Destination

Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site

Macomb County is full of fascinating historical sites. In honor of our county’s bicentennial, historical sites, throughout the county welcome you to visit and receive a passport to be stamped at each participating site you visit. Visit a minimum of seven sites within 2018; all in a month or in 12 months.

The purpose of this program is to educate our community about the rich history we have within Macomb County.

You may redeem the stamped passport at Culver’s Restaurants in Macomb County for a free meal!

Passports can be picked up from participating historical sites and at supporting local libraries within Macomb County.

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Acceptance of any contribution, gift or grant is at the discretion of the Packard Proving Grounds. The Packard Proving Grounds will not accept any gift unless it can be used or expended consistently with the purpose and mission of The Packard Motor Car Foundation.

No irrevocable gift, whether outright or life-income in character, will be accepted if under any reasonable set of circumstances the gift would jeopardize the donor’s financial security.

The Packard Proving Grounds will refrain from providing advice about the tax or other treatment of gifts and will encourage donors to seek guidance from their own professional advisers to assist them in the process of making their donation.

The Packard Proving Grounds will accept donations of cash or publicly traded securities. Gifts of in-kind services will be accepted at the discretion of the Packard Proving Grounds.

Certain other gifts, real property, personal property, in-kind gifts, non-liquid securities, and contributions whose sources are not transparent or whose use is restricted in some manner, must be reviewed prior to acceptance due to the special obligations raised or liabilities they may pose for Packard Proving Grounds.

The Packard Proving Grounds will provide acknowledgments to donors meeting tax requirements for property received by the charity as a gift. However, except for gifts of cash and publicly traded securities, no value shall be ascribed to any receipt or other form of substantiation of a gift received by Packard Proving Grounds.

The Packard Proving Grounds will respect the intent of the donor relating to gifts for restricted purposes and those relating to the desire to remain anonymous. With respect to anonymous gifts, the Packard Proving Grounds will restrict information about the donor to only those staff members with a need to know.

The Packard Proving Grounds will not compensate, whether through commissions, finders' fees, or other means, any third party for directing a gift or a donor to the Packard Proving Grounds.

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