It’s one of the biggest issues facing families today: Caring for loved ones at home. Particularly when it comes to caring for aging parents, many find balancing the loads of work, household, mealtime, and everything else life presents to be a heavy burden. Stepping in to help: CarePRN, a startup based at TechTown Detroit that […]
Women are accustomed to solving problems, particularly in the workplace. Whether that problem solving occurs inside or outside the home, we are always prepared to listen, suggest, help friends, families, and the causes we care about. Ford Motor Company Fund and Michigan Women’s Foundation recognize women’s strengths and their value in and out of the […]
When Brian Peck became a teacher, he wanted a job in the Detroit Public Schools. His dad grew up in the Osborn neighborhood and his uncle went to Osborn High School, so naturally he felt an affinity toward the place. “It’s great to serve here,” he says enthusiastically of his present post as a Spanish […]
Fixers. The city of Detroit is loaded with them. Ask any city resident to tell you about a person or group that’s changing their neighborhood and you’ll quickly discover that there is a lot more activity going on than makes the headlines. Without much fanfare and, oft times, less than adequate support, these change agents […]
One of the jewels of Detroit, Palmer Park is filled with history and abundant beauty, in both its land and the residences of Palmer Woods that surround it. The 296-acre park holds within it lawns, woodlands, a public golf course, tennis courts, splash park, hiking and biking trails, Lake Frances, and one historic log […]
When it comes to rebuilding Detroit, many groups in the Motor City have been happy to dig right in and get things done. A drive down one of the city’s major arteries reveals new shops, restaurants, condominiums and apartment buildings, a visual delight for residents inside the city border and beyond. Parts of Woodward, Livernois, […]
The tentacles of community redevelopment and reorganization reach further than the average Detroit resident might suppose. A recent Live6 event in the Livernois and McNichols area was proof positive of that. Live6, the planning and development nonprofit organization, held Speakeasy, the latest in its monthly community dialogue series. Its aim is to bring together neighbors […]
Once the story that got ignored, Detroit’s neighborhoods are now at the center of the conversation. With a flood of new investment, stable — and in some cases rising — housing values, and the general election around the corner, there’s plenty to talk about. In the midst of it all is a new crop of […]
Businesses are launching in Detroit left and right, much to the delight of citizens as well as entrepreneurs hungry for the city’s resurgence. Hatch Detroit, the non-profit that champions independent retail in Detroit, announced four finalists on Friday in the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest. After community voting, finalists advance to a final round competing for $50,000 from Comerica Bank and […]
Paris has its Tuileries. New York has its Central Park. “This is our Central Park,” says Beth Crick, Senior Communications Specialist at DTE Energy, of Belle Isle, the 1.534-square mile island that lies on the banks of the city. As the vast expanses of acreage are to other metropolises, so too is the skinny swathe […]