Starting this spring Detroit’s youth can camp overnight at Scout Hollow in Rouge Park, so get those sleeping bags, tents and lanterns ready to go. Detroit’s only campground has been closed for a decade and has been overrun by tall grass, deer and wild turkeys. Now, thanks to a $200,000 grant from The Kresge Foundation, […]
Hundreds of students, faculty and administrators from more than 28 Jesuit colleges and universities throughout the U.S. will gather at the University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus in July 2019. They’ll be attending the 2019 National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference (NJSLC) hosted by Detroit Mercy. “The city of Detroit is at a pivotal point in […]
by Steve Palackdharry Though he cannot afford a car of his own as he rebuilds his life, Burney Cochran works as a delivery driver. Every weekday he takes the long bus rides between his apartment in southwest Detroit and Wolverine Solutions Group on the east side. Working for Wolverine, Burney drives about 90 miles on […]
Public champion Bill Johnson recently penned an article on his blog about how Detroit’s rental registration ordinance will exacerbate blight in Detroit neighborhoods. Financially struggling landlords will be unable to comply with the new regulations, he argues, and this untenable burden will displace countless Detroit renters. Johnson is hardly averse to taking strong positions, having […]