Community Development

FilterD Extra: Rainbow Blight parties for Roosevelt Park, celebrates Slow’s five year anniversary

This should be a seriously swinging outdoor birthday bash to celebrate five amazing years of Slow's Bar-BQ in Corktown, raise funds to rehab Roosevelt Park and plant the seeds for more sustainable development projects in Detroit. Did we forget to mention there will manic cornhole mayhem? No, we didn't. All day good times guaranteed.

The N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art to celebrate grand opening Oct. 9-10

180 units slated for Cornerstone Estates at MLK and the Lodge

555 Gallery plans permanent gallery location in SW and second space on East Side

Diplomas now: Two Detroit elementary schools partner with Johns Hopkins to develop talent

Round-Up: Zef’s opens on Woodward, more Conner Creek Greenway under construction

Inside/out: DIA takes 40 reproductions to the streets to celebrate 125 years of fine art

Round-up: News from Cass Park, Marygrove and Midtown’s Green Alley

Freep profiles Detroit artist-entrepreneur extraordinaire Ben Hall