8 Mile Opportunity
Eight Mile Road has long been associated with political and racial division in the region. One consortium of civic doers and shakers is out to change that perception.
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Boulevard of Dreams
Once known as Detroit's Avenue of Fashion, Livernois fell on difficult times until a $1.5 million streetscape project began injecting it with new life.
More Dough for Neighborhoods
Karlene Trump works hard to make her East Side bakery — and neighborhood — flourish. Now a new city program shares her goal.
Snapping Back
Give Linda Smith a no, and she'll make it into a yes. Over the past 11 years, she's helped pump life back into an East Side neighobrhood, even after others told her it was a lost cause.
