Palmer Park is a neighborhood on the rise and its third annual Palmer Park Art Fair is certainly proof. The Palmer Park Art Fair started in 1976 and after a strong ten-year run it was retired as the neighborhood declined. Three years ago the nonprofit People for Palmer Park and Integrity Shows brought back the […]
Some will come with shovels or pruning shears. Some will come with hammers. Some will come with paint brushes. Others will bring musical instruments or shoes ready to dance. Still others will come looking to help people find jobs or improve their health. All of them will come to the 10th annual ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods […]
Detroit is the best city to start a yoga studio. So says self-storage company SpareFoot, which teamed up with Thumbtack.com, an online service that connects consumers with skilled professionals, to do the study. Thumbtack used marketplace data to figure out which markets had the highest demand for yoga, controlling for supply. “Forget Motor City. Detroit […]
It’s all about community. It’s all about helping people in the community interact with each other, share experiences, develop long-term relationships and work toward a common goal. It’s all about having a passion to see change in the community and listening to its voice. In the case of Vista Partnership it’s all about working with […]
It’s vintage Eastern Market, the market that says it “nourishes our city’s soul.” Much of Detroit’s soul lies in its history and much of its soul lies in the talent and passion of newcomers and long-time companies. This summer you can get both during the Shed5 Flea, Detroit’s newest antique, vintage and makers market. You’ll […]
This will change your impression of a diva. The 500 young women coming to Eastern Michigan University’s campus on April 22 to attend the Digital Divas conference are anything, but prima donnas but they are there to learn how to have a distinguished and successful STEM career. These young women will learn concepts that could give […]
by Marge Sorge and M. Lapham Inside the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) headquarters in Lansing there’s a room with four 8-foot walls filled from floor to ceiling with thank you notes and family pictures from people the agency has helped avoid foreclosure or pay outstanding property taxes or condo fees. “It is a […]
Detroit’s neighborhoods are the window into the city. Now that window will be filled with more green parks and views of children playing on playgrounds. It’s all made possible under an $11.7 million plan just laid out by Mayor Mike Duggan and City Parks & Recreation Department officials. It’s found money. In his budget address earlier […]
Detroit needs jobs. Not just any jobs, but jobs that pay a living wage. The problem is there are not enough suitable jobs in Detroit to go around. There are only about 259,000 and only a fourth of them are held by people who live in the city. Worse yet, in 2014 just half of […]
A transformative movement is underway along Detroit’s Eight Mile corridor, where imaginative civic organizations, block clubs and neighbors are working side-by-side to restore its neighborhoods. What began with the work of a few has mushroomed into commitment of many. Rooted on improving neighborhood life, an army of neighbors have united to plant an urban garden here […]