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In 1973 Detroit became the second American city to appoint an Ombudsman to help residents cut through municipal red tape. Neighborhood blight, broken streetlights, and junk vehicles and part of life in the city for too many Detroiters. Durene Brown is the City Ombudsman. She told us, “We are the only access that frustrated citizens have when they’ve got complaints…. Read more »
Detroit Harmonie has selected five Detroit-based social entrepreneurs as finalists for the Get Funded Challenge. The five organizations–Detroit SOUP, En Garde Detroit, Fresh Corner Cafe’, PonyRide and Summer in the City, will compete for first through fifth place prizes announced at Detroit Harmonie’s second annual International Experience on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 at the Virgil H. Carr Arts League of… Read more »
A new music video carries a positive message for the city of Detroit. “Turn It Around” was directed by Ozie Cargile II, who also shot the video. It features the band, Rock Nation, and was shot in various locations around the city in 2010. The band is now known as Good Day Bad Day. Cargile and all of the… Read more »
Angela Reyes is helping to change lives in Southwest Detroit. She founded the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation 15 years ago. The DHDC helps more than 5,000 people every year through a wide range of services, including an after-school program. Reyes says 90 percent of the students who come through their program go on to college. We’re proud to name… Read more »
The story begins on Garland Street one hot September night in 1925. Dr. Ossian Sweet, a black physician, bought a house in the all-white east side neighborhood. He had just moved in with his wife and young daughter. 500 angry neighbors gathered on Garland Street to let the new family know they were not welcome. Dr. Sweet’s two brothers,… Read more »
Members of Detroit City Council have selected option 3 for breaking up the city into council districts. Under the new charter, each City Council member is to be elected in one of seven districts. Two additional council members will be elected at-large. The council members had four maps to choose from. But a fifth, submitted by Data Driven Detroit,… Read more »
Detroit is in the spotlight in a feature article in the March/April National Geographic Traveler Magazine. In “Rise and Shine Detroit,” Andrew Nelson writes “The Motor City is in motion. We build America’s Cars. Thanks to Berry Gordy’s Motown, the world hums our songs. The city, fifth largest in the U.S. by population, is at the top of its game.” Nelson and photographer… Read more »
Tucked in behind the railroad tracks off I-75 and St. Aubin in Detroit is a bright blue warehouse-sized building. And like so many manufacturing facilities in Detroit it is empty. But the old American Axle test facility is about to find new life as a pickle factory. “We make pickles, spiced pickles garlic pickles.” Joe McClure says pointing at jars… Read more »
When Stephanie Taylor starts her day she has no idea what she’ll face in the hours ahead. Stephanie is the Street Outreach Manager for Covenant House. And she’s our Detroit 2020 Person of the Week. Stephanie and her partner, Danny, travel around Detroit and the metropolitan area to pass out cards letting young people know about resources available to them. … Read more »
There are four plans on the table to divide up the city of Detroit into districts to elect council members. There’s also a fifth option, drawn up by Data Driven Detroit that keeps downtown and midtown as one district, and attempts to avoid breaking up neighborhoods. The City Council has until February 17th to decide on a plan. Detroit 2020… Read more »
