LaFontaine Ford of Birch Run Exterior Building

Ford Motor Company’s only Gold LEED Certified Dealership

LaFontaine Automotive Group —  April 17, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carlito Mojica
LaFontaine Automotive Group
248-887-4747
LaFontaine Ford of Birch Run
11661 S. Beyer Rd. Birch Run MI 48415

Birch Run, MI – April/13/2017– LaFontaine Automotive Group is pleased to announce the newest member of the Family Deal: LaFontaine Ford of Birch Run. The brand new, state-of-the-art dealership is located on 19 acres along I-75, between Shiawassee Harley Davidson and Birch Run Expo Center.

LaFontaine Ford Birch Run is very proud to be recognized as the Ford Motor Company’s only Gold LEED Certified dealership in the world. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a certification program through the U.S. Green Building Council for buildings and communities that guides their design, construction, operations and maintenance toward sustainability. It’s based on prerequisites and credits that a project meets to achieve a certification level: Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The LaFontaine Automotive Group has achieved LEED Certification in four storefronts: Gold Certified Cadillac Buick GMC of Highland, Gold Certified Ford of Birch Run, Silver Certified Volkswagen of Dearborn, and Silver Certified Chevrolet of Dexter. The LaFontaine family is proud to participate in this program and remains committed to ensuring their facilities are designed with a positive customer experience in mind, all while being extremely environmentally and resource efficient.
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LaFontaine Ford of Birch Run is Open for Business

LaFontaine Automotive Group —  December 12, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carlito Mojica
LaFontaine Automotive Group
248-887-4747

LaFontaine Ford of Birch Run
11661 N. Beyer Rd. Birch Run MI 48415

Birch Run, MI – December 4, 2016 – LaFontaine Automotive Group is pleased to announce the opening of a new state-of-the-art Ford facility in Birch Run. The new facility, is located on 19 acres along I-75, between Shiawassee Harley Davidson and the Birch Run Expo Center.

LaFontaine Ford of Birch Run Exterior BuildingThe community has been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the LaFontaine Ford Birch Run dealership. The 34,000 square foot building is aspiring to be a Silver or Gold rated Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) facility, complimenting their existing Gold LEED Cadillac/Buick/GMC location in Highland, as well as their Silver LEED Chevrolet in Dexter and Volkswagen of Dearborn locations.

LEED is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices. To receive LEED certification, building projects satisfy prerequisites and earn points to achieve different levels of certification.
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LaFontaine’s Welcome Santa at Twelve Oaks Mall

LaFontaine Automotive Group —  November 7, 2016

volvosubaru_santaarrivalat12oaksmallDon’t miss Santa’s Arrival on Friday, November 11th at 11:30 AM in the Lifestyle Cafe Food Court. LaFontaine Subaru and LaFontaine Volvo of Farmington Hills are proud to sponsor Santa’s arrival. Santa will arrive in style and be escorted by a couple of LaFontaine’s valued employees.

The first 20 children in line will receive a FREE PHOTO with Santa, on us! We would love for you to share your photos with Santa, either in the comments or on our LaFontaine Subaru Facebook page.

The event will include: holiday-themed activities for children, balloon twister, a first look at our new holiday experience, appearance by 100.3 WNIC radio personality, Jay Towers, and more!

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When ‘family’ is at the heart of the family business

LaFontaine Automotive Group —  November 7, 2016

lafontaine_familyThe heart of the LaFontaine Family Deal is being highlighted in an article written by Donald Levitt and featured in Crain’s Business. The LaFontaine’s are proud of their family business and to learn about their individual influences and where it began our interesting.

Read the article and view the videos that are included, When ‘family is at the heart of the family business.

 

 

 

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The LaFontaine Learning Academy – Now Open!

LaFontaine Automotive Group —  October 27, 2016

The LaFontaine Family opened their hearts to hundreds of children on October 18, 2016 at 9:00am at the ribbon cutting for the LaFontaine Learning Academy. We are so blessed to be able to show our support to the Whaley Children’s Center, a home for neglected children that have been taken from their parents for one of many different reasons. A safe place for the kids, the center offers security, love, and hope for the future. The LaFontaine Family is passionate about giving back, so much so that the mission statement for the Automotive Group includes “…building life long relationships that connect families and strengthen communities…”

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Hero Round Table featuring Ryan LaFontaine

LaFontaine Automotive Group —  October 21, 2016

Ryan LaFontaine and Matt Langdon founder of The Hero Round TableWe are so proud to announce that Ryan LaFontaine will be speaking at The Hero Round Table conference on October 24th!

The #HeroRoundTable is an amazing event, held in 3 countries around the world, that hosts a variety of speakers who share inspirational words about the many ways in which we can all be heros. Brighton, MI is the only place in the whole United States where this conference takes place, and we are so proud to have Ryan as one of the speakers! We greatly encourage you to attend this conference. It could truly change your life…we know it will be changing ours!

Visit https://www.facebook.com/HeroRoundTable to learn more about The Hero Round Table, and heroroundtable.com/michigan to get your ticket for the event taking on Monday, October 24th.

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LAHC Be Smart-Drive Safe Campaign

LAHC – Be Smart-Drive Safe Campaign

LaFontaine Automotive Group —  October 17, 2016

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DEARBORN, MI, October 11th, 2016– LAHC- Leaders Advancing and Helping Community in partnership with LaFontaine Dealership, Dearborn Police Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Homeland Security Investigation, Dearborn Public Schools, Parent Teacher Association (PTA Council), and Middle Eastern Law Enforcement Officers Association, announces the launch of its Teen Driver Safety Awareness Campaign: “Be Smart-Drive Safe.” This year’s campaign will launch On October 19th at 9:30 a.m. at Fordson High School in Dearborn, MI. during National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW). The event is expected to host over 1000 students.

LAHC Be Smart-Drive Safe Campaign

“Be Smart-Drive Safe” campaign aims to raise awareness about the importance of not texting while driving, distracted driving as well as driving under the influence. Through this effort, we engage youth by providing them with facts, testimonials, and preventative tools on the importance of safe driving and the distribution of “Don’t text and drive” bands.
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The LaFontaine Learning Academy

LaFontaine Automotive Group —  October 17, 2016

The LaFontaine Family will be opening their hearts to hundreds of children on October 18th at 9:00am at the ribbon cutting for the LaFontaine Learning Academy. We are so blessed to be able to show our support to the Whaley Children’s Center, a home for neglected children that have been taken from their parents for one of many different reasons. A safe place for the kids, the center offers security, love, and hope for the future. The LaFontaine Family is passionate about giving back, so much so that the mission statement for the Automotive Group includes “…building life long relationships that connect families and strengthen communities…” If you are able, we would be honored to have you attend the ribbon cutting, for a place that is so dear to our hearts.

Please join us for the LaFontaine Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. We will be distributing filled backpacks for each of the children at the learning center.

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To learn more about Whaley Children’s Center, visit their website, www.whaleychildren.org

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9th Annual LaFontaine Family Fun Fest

LaFontaine Automotive Group —  October 4, 2016

The LaFontaine Family is inviting the community to the 9th Annual LaFontaine Family Fun Fest. The festivities will take place at LaFontaine Cadillac Buick GMC in Highland, Michigan.

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Grand Opening: LaFontaine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Fenton

LaFontaine Automotive Group —  September 28, 2016

On a windy July 1st day, the LaFontaine family and the Hall family signed the paperwork for the sale of Hall Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram to become LaFontaine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Fenton.

The LaFontaine family is happy to be an even bigger part of the Fenton community by adding this dealership to the LaFontaine Automotive group of franchises. Our outreach to the community with philanthropic efforts and sharing the Family Deal mission with the Hall customers and employees are high priorities.

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