After a terrorizing year when 130 homes in the Greenacres-Woodward community suffered invasions, dozens of residents formed a citizens band radio patrol back in 1987. It functions so well that the mayor of Detroit, several Detroit City Council members, the city clerk, police administrators and a hundred neighbors came to New Prospect Baptist Church to […]
If Detroit inspires you with its artistic potential and you have a flair for the creative, the Eight Mile Boulevard Association is looking for you. 8MBA is seeking a mural artist or artistic team to design and prepare, plan and oversee the installation of a mural for an exterior wall on 7115 W 8 Mile […]
Lead exposure is a risk for all people, especially children. Part of the solution in Flint and other cities affected by lead exposure is to eliminate lead hazards even before exposure can occur, Michigan officials agree. That is why Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed Executive Order 2017-2 creating the Child Lead Exposure Elimination Commission to […]
From tiny acorns, mighty oaks can grow. And from the beginning, the people behind Detroit’s successful Build Institute knew the same would happen to its early graduates. Now celebrating its five-year anniversary and 1,000th graduate, Build has been able to provide access to Detroit’s small business owners, most of whom are women and minorities, with […]