Louise Ogadinma spent much of her childhood in west side Detroit community centers. After school in her neighborhood, there was no shortage of places where she and her friends could go to spend time enjoying extracurricular activities. Now a mother in her 20s, Ogadinma is concerned other Detroit youth don’t have the opportunities she had. […]
There’s a bill sitting in the Michigan House of Representatives that, if passed, would help grocery stores in underserved communities open, expand or renovate to bring more healthy foods to those neighborhoods. The “Healthy Foods Assistance Act,” or House Bill 5180, would direct funds through a public private partnership with the Michigan Good Food Fund […]
Detroit’s neighborhoods are the window into the city. Now that window will be filled with more green parks and views of children playing on playgrounds. It’s all made possible under an $11.7 million plan just laid out by Mayor Mike Duggan and City Parks & Recreation Department officials. It’s found money. In his budget address earlier […]
Inside Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology in Detroit, students can have chicken quesadillas, brown cheesy rice, mixed vegetables, and other healthy choices for lunch. Getting healthy foods at convenience stores around Timbuktu is a little different. Motor City Marketplace, located on Mack and St. Jean, is roughly walking distance from the school, is larger […]