Detroit has a long history of honoring and supporting its neighborhoods, and a new exhibit will show off that history to the public. ARISE Detroit! will host a first-of-its-kind spotlight on Detroit neighborhoods in a presentation called “Neighborhoods Rising” from April 22 through June 18 at the Detroit Historical Museum. Sponsored by The DTE Energy […]
The Detroit Department of Transportation is making it easier for people to use its Reduced Fare program, which helps people with disabilities, age 65 and older as well as Medicare recipients to receive a lower rate on its buses. DDOT Director Dan Dirks announced that starting April 1, Reduced Fare Cards will be good for […]
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 […]
Maybe your school is like Detroit’s Timbuktu Academy and has a “Try It Tuesdays,” food-sampling program. Or perhaps your school participates in a Farm-to-School program, which brings fresh fruits and vegetables from Michigan farmers to local lunchrooms every month or maybe your school just introduced a school Smoothie Station or step competition. If you are doing something new and […]
One of the most important jobs in the city of Detroit may be its District Managers – they’re people who have a direct impact on the lives of residents and neighborhood strength. Mayor Mike Duggan recently announced the appointment of three new District Managers to the Department of Neighborhoods. Mayor Duggan created the Department of […]
For more than 25 years, the Metro Detroit Youth Day has made sure that area students have access to scholarships to help them pay for college. It’s an impressive record for MDYD, founder and chairman Ed Deeb and those deserving students. Since 1991, MDYD has awarded more than 1,200 scholarships to deserving students who submitted […]
Some might call it a match made in heaven: City of Detroit and the Archdiocese of Detroit are working together to create affordable housing in the Banglatown neighborhood. The City of Detroit has a plan and is asking with the AOD for bids to transform the vacant Transfiguration School in Banglatown into a one-of-a-kind mixed-income […]
Dr. Paul Thomas is on a mission – he wants to not only increase the health of his patients, but he wants to improve the health and lives of all of the city of Detroit. Dr. Thomas is the head physician at Detroit’s Plum Health, a family medical practice. His goal is to be an […]