After a terrorizing year when 130 homes in the Greenacres-Woodward community suffered invasions, dozens of residents formed a citizens band radio patrol back in 1987. It functions so well that the mayor of Detroit, several Detroit City Council members, the city clerk, police administrators and a hundred neighbors came to New Prospect Baptist Church to […]
“It’ s not where you live, it’ s what you do where you live.” Al Addison. “When Robinson and Addison walked the neighborhood later in the summer months, they found others joining the effort.” Building Blocks How Chalfonte volunteers clean-up efforts are transforming their neighborhood By E. B. Allen Like a sheriff and deputy, together […]
When people talk about Detroit’s resurgence, Midtown and downtown often take center stage, but the neighborhoods are just as changeable. That “change agent” needn’t come from major construction projects, new businesses, or celebrity attention – it’s a change that can come from within. That’s why Build a Better Block Foundation supports efforts to empower communities […]
There is a seed germinating from the darkness Little things are poking up and seeing the light Big things are making haste The people are coming together in love, not in fear – John Knowles, “A Rising in Detroit” John Knowles’ idyllic childhood on Princeton Street in northwest Detroit was like a scene from a […]