Detroit residents looking to get out of the cold can go to three warming centers, the City of Detroit’s11 recreation centers and 18 Detroit Public Library branches. Three warming centers are open through March 31 to provide relief to the homeless when year-round shelters are at capacity. Cass Community Social Services, 1534 Webb, has 40 […]
It’s 10 a.m. on a Monday in the New Center area of Detroit. Woodward Avenue is nearly clear in the block that crosses West Grand Boulevard, and many of the businesses have yet to open. In the midst of the newer shops – some selling Muslim hijabs, others selling clothing or food – there is […]
A spiritual calling led Carla Banks-Markham and her family to form what she regards as a ministry to the community. Baker’s Bible & Bookstore, located at 10200 Grand River Ave., is a staple neighborhood business near Livernois Avenue and I-96. One of dozens of bookstores that help form a landscape of thousands of Detroit small […]
Too often kids in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties don’t get enough to eat in the summer. Thanks to a $500,000 grant from the FCA Foundation (Fiat-Chrysler) more of those children will have access to United Way for Southeastern Michigan’s Meet Up and Eat Up and School Breakfast Programs. While nearly 300,000 children in those […]