The pastor of a Grand River and Joy Road church, whose congregation is bursting at the seams, hopes to convert the aging Grande Ballroom into a rock museum, banquet hall and church for Chapel Hill Ministries. He joins a team of people who seek to restore the building that once hosted nationally known bands and […]
It’s been a full year since an innovative community-policing program called Project Green Light kicked off in Detroit. Residents, city officials, law enforcement and business owners all sing its praises, and rightly so. Near the enrolled businesses, crime has plummeted by nearly one half and patrons feel safer. This has not meant an end to […]
Access to quality medical facilities is not only a necessity, it is a foundational item in a neighborhood’s overall wellbeing. That is why the opening of the new Popoff Clinic on Detroit’s Eastside is a welcome addition to the area. Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine recently took the former Vanguard Family Healthcare clinic […]
Homeowners with questions about home ownership, taxes and foreclosure are invited to ask anything or learn more about these topics with Wayne County officials. Wayne County Treasurer Eric R. Sabree and his staff created a series of information sessions on these important topics in hopes that area homeowners will attend and get the help they […]
As downtown Detroit’s landscape continuously evolves, a new proposal between Wayne County and Rock Ventures is creating significant buzz among county officials, residents and business owners around the area. Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans is now reviewing Rock Venture’s proposal to build a criminal justice center and use the jail site as a “welcoming […]
With spring on the horizon and Metro Detroit on the move, the Michigan Department of Transportation is prepping for another big construction season – and that includes the heavily used MLK Boulevard bridge over M-10. The MLK Boulevard bridge over M-10 will be replaced with a longer bridge to accommodate the widening of the southbound […]
Yvette Griffin owns a beautiful, five-bedroom home of her dreams, while her neighbors are Section 8 renters and others of low income. She wouldn’t have it any other way. The minister of Detroit’s Pilgrim Baptist Church, which she co-pastors with her husband, Griffin considered leaving the city for Canton a few years ago and, boy, […]
Wayne County Treasurer Eric R. Sabree invites all homeowners who are in the midst of a foreclosure or have questions about the foreclosure process to attend a series of information sessions on these important topics. The treasurer said his office will go out to the four Wayne County Community College campuses to try to reach […]
If you’ve lived in Michigan for any period of time, you know this catchphrase pretty well: Freeze/thaw. Freeze/thaw. Repeat for nearly six months of the year. And while this year’s winter may not seem particularly mild, having extremes of warmth and then cold can result in something many Michigan residents know all too well: Potholes. […]
Concerned about crime in your community? Welcome a refugee. That’s the word, according to the results of an ambitious study by the New American Economy released this week. Researchers, who examined crime rates and resettlement data to see if there was a link between refugees and U.S. crime rates, discovered that high immigrant rates […]