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The Federal Transit Administration gave the green light today for the 3.3 mile Woodward Avenue streetcar project to proceed. The FTA has completed the environmental clearance for the project. Construction on the M-1 Rail Project is expected to begin south of Adams Street this year. Construction north of Adams street will begin in 2014. The streetcar system is expected to… Read more »
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A series of five community meetings in April will focus on how best to bring transit to Woodward Avenue from downtown Detroit to Pontiac. It’s part of the Woodward Avenue Transit Alternatives Analysis. The Woodward Avenue Transit AA is reviewing higher-level transit options for the 27-mile Woodward Avenue corridor from the Detroit River to Pontiac.
All this month Detroit 2020 has focused on education. In a special edition of Action News we looked at the challenges facing students in our community and the people who are working to make things better.
EBLI stands for Evidence Based Literacy Instruction. It’s based on three skills readers must have, and knowing one, two, three or four letters can spell a sound. Every sound can be spelled in different ways and letters have many sounds.
The demolition of vacant houses on Penrod Street removes eyesores and potential sources of danger in the Cody Rouge neighborhood. Safety is a major concern of residents—and the subject of a community meeting at Don Bosco Hall. “It’s about getting everyone to come together and address what needs to be done to keep it safe, especially for our children in… Read more »
Cody High School on Detroit’s west side hasn’t always had the best academic reputation. But the Cody of today is quite different from the Cody of five years ago. In fact, it isn’t even a single school anymore. The sprawling building near Southfield and Joy Road is definitely showing its age. Cody High School was built to serve the growing… Read more »
From wxyz.com: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder named Kevyn Orr as his choice for Detroit’s emergency financial manager during a news conference Thursday. The Local Financial Emergency Assistance Board has approved attorney Kevyn Orr as Detroit’s emergency financial manager. The board’s approval is the final step in the process of appointing an EFM. “There were three key attributes,” Snyder said, in… Read more »
Now that the Kwame Kilpatrick trial is over, we can measure the cost–not in dollars, but in other ways that are just as important. Detroit 2020 looks at how the city has been affected, and how we can begin to put this all behind us.
A federal judge has ordered former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his friend, contractor Bobby Ferguson, to go to jail while the two await sentencing. A federal jury today found Kilpatrick and Ferguson guilty on multiple counts including racketeering and extortion. However, the jury could not come to a decision on the racketeering charges against Kilpatrick’s father, Bernard Kilpatrick. The federal… Read more »
