Bank of America has invested $2.5 million to help Detroit residents repair their homes with 0% interest rates and support improvements and growth in Detroit’s neighborhoods The $2.5 million investment includes a $1.5 million reinvestment in the 0% Interest Home Repair Program, which began in 2015, and a $1 million operating grant to Invest Detroit to […]
There is no doubt about it. Small shops in Detroit are cool, and thriving. What so many don’t know is many of these small shops have been operating in our city’s neighborhoods for years. Others are quietly opening new businesses that will make a difference to residents. Many of those small shops are invisible, never […]
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 […]
For both law enforcement and citizens it has become an increasingly controversial topic. Public safety, in light of widely publicized, nationwide police shootings of unarmed civilians and officer acquittals, is at the forefront of Detroit’s collective consciousness. Of equal concern to most local residents is the security of officers, since a Wayne State University policeman […]
Art and artists are a welcome presence at Detroit Sip, the newest neighborhood-based café in the Live6 neighborhood. Live6 Alliance wants to bring together creators of art and art lovers for an information session at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16 to discuss creative expression as both a part of the community’s legacy and future. Visual […]
All Jevona Watson really wanted was to see a new coffee shop open its doors in her neighborhood. A resident of the Bagley community near Livernois Avenue and McNichols she could’ve started an online petition and invited any of the well-known java chains to the area. She might even have looked into becoming a store […]
Brewing up at Livernois Avenue and Six Mile Road in the Bagley neighborhood is a new business that’s been getting buzz since before its grand opening. Local coffee shop Detroit Sip will open at 7420 West McNichols Road in late-August or early September. Jevona Watson, a resident of the nearby neighborhood and owner of the […]