For 21-year-old Shanel Dewalt cooking goes beyond cutting vegetables and mixing ingredients. This is how her mind finds peace and how she is reminded of her purpose. As the oldest of five siblings being raised in a single-parent household, the Detroit native realized she had to grow up at a very young age. When her […]
Walk in to an impeccably neat bungalow in the Bagley neighborhood and be greeted by Bernard Davis sitting by a card table with a cash box and a welcoming smile for all attending his estate sale. Good deals await. In the crowded arena of estate sale purveyors, where 50 to 100 sales crop up weekly […]
Several-dozen Detroiters have new professional opportunities, thanks to a city-led environmental training program. Advanced-level certificates were awarded to 79 graduates of various construction and deconstruction disciplines at a recent Northwest Activities Center ceremony. The City of Detroit’s Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department (BSEED) hosted training that ranged from five to 11 weeks, through a […]