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Time to show your pride in Detroit! Volunteer registration open for ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day August 7

By M Lapham on 05/28/2021 City News

While there is still a lot of work to do, Detroit has come a long way in turning itself around. It has become the come back kid with new businesses, cleaned up neighborhoods and more. It is all a result of just one thing … the people. The time is coming when those people, whether […]

More trees to line Detroit streets thanks to The Greening of Detroit and volunteers

By M Lapham on 04/16/2016 All Neighborhoods, Green Neighborhoods

For more than a quarter of a century, The Greening of Detroit has been laying roots in Detroit communities. Last year the organization helped the city plant trees in the Cody Rouge area to help control flooding and water runoff. This year it is planting in communities. The first shovels started digging on April 9 […]