If you’re headed to Sports & Social Detroit for lunch, dinner, drinks or to watch a game, bring a coat and soap with you. Just huddle up and help out. The restaurant, located within The District Detroit, has teamed up with the Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO) to collect new and gently used items to help […]
If you know a young girl with dreams the figure skating in the Olympics get their skates on and get down to The Rink at Campus Martius. On Saturday, January 27 from 9:30 – 11 a.m. Olympic gold medalist and Dancing With the Stars winner, Meryl Davis, will host a community workshop for young girls […]
Flex-N-Gate Detroit is ready to hire for more than 400 jobs, ranging from hourly workers to management positions. The company will partner with Detroit at Work to train Detroiters for the new positions and has committed to hiring Detroiters first. When it reaches capacity over the next three year it will provide up to 700 new […]
Ready to serve an ace or a floater? If volleyball’s your thing this league is for you. The 4v4 Co-ed Volleyball League begins Monday, March 26, at Beacon Park Winter Lodge. It’s a large, well-lit, and HEATED tent, so, yes, you will be warm. This isn’t beach volleyball. You must be 18 to play. Registration is […]
You can practice your axels, backspins and camels or just skate for free at The Rink at Campus Martius weekdays now through March 2. All you need to do is get one of 500 passes that will be distributed each week at six Meijers stories in Detroit and the suburbs. Here are the stores: Detroit […]
Dawn Wood mended her ways and got a new lease on life. A drug addict for 24 years, she’s been clean for the last year. After serving time in jail, she found Mend on the Move and that’s made all the difference in the world for her. Mend on the Move is a non-profit social […]
Yehowseph Brown not only found a way to prepare for a successful career, he also latched on to something that would make him a better person. A participant in Bank of America’s Student Leaders program, he is featured in a video on the company’s website. In it he says the experience gave him the tools […]
By Stacy Swimp Although Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech stands among his most recognized messages, he also advocated the importance of doing right by and for ourselves and others. His words remind us that there can be no permanent boundaries around us unless we place them around ourselves. King challenged […]
The Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA) has launched a new, improved website, buildingdetroit.org. The site is the main platform used by the Detroit Land Bank to sell properties since it started in May of 2014. New features on the site include: Improved property search options, including drawable maps, zip code, street, district, and neighborhood search […]
OK, Detroit is Hockeytown, but there may just be room for another sport created in Canada – at least for eight weeks. Every Monday and Tuesday from 6 – 10 p.m. through February 28 you can watch broomball at The Rink at Campus Martius. It’s a great way to meet new people, find out about […]