When Detroiters talk gentrification, there’s the usual conjured-up image of senior citizens being pushed out of an apartment complex in favor of luxury renters for younger generations, or people of color pushed out of their neighborhoods as they become more trendy — and unaffordable. In this case, Detroit teens will express on stage how they’re feeling pushed out of spaces in town once welcome to them.
One might say that ten years on Michigan Avenue is a good run and that Bonnie’s reached the end of its natural lifespan for a small business, or that the activity up and down Michigan since Michigan Central has come full circle meant at least one mainstay had to be the first casualty of increasingly changing tastes on the corridor. Perhaps consider the third option: The imminent death of the Millennial Burger Restaurant.
A new community mapping project in Detroit looks to track diagnoses of a chronic skin condition among Black Detroiters — and also whether there are disparities in treatment for them.
In many ways, much of the country already sounds, tastes and drives like Detroit.
It seemed like for years, there were two guarantees every Detroit summer: A storm-induced blackout, and Frankie Beverly and Maze at Chene Park.
Two neighborhoods on opposite sides of town are welcoming both new visitors and existing residents alike to come check them out.
"By creating a viable museum space, we will be able to better serve our community and preserve our cultural heritage."
The goal of the workshops is to familiarize students with solutions journalism, a model of reporting that brings to light solutions to social problems.
The program supplements, but doesn't seek to replace, classroom education during school hours. Peer-to-peer education is a cornerstone of programming, which has also grown over the years to include speaker series, field trips, creative works and, as of late, stage plays produced, written and acted out by the teens themselves.
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