Detroit earns CityHealth gold medal for its “Complete Streets” policies
We asked Todd Scott, executive director of Detroit Greenways Coalition, about the award and its impact on Detroit children and families.
What’s next for Mt. Pleasant? Stay connected with IMG’s newest pub, ‘Epicenter’
There are plenty of great things happening in Mt. Pleasant and its neighboring communities. We think it’s time people heard more about them.
The people’s voice: Detroit community organizations push for equitable development
Concerned about displacement and access to jobs, many Detroit citizens are offering their own vision of the city where everyone can participate in and benefit from the development taking place.
Voices of Cody Rouge: The caretakers of Rouge Park, Detroit’s biggest and most forgotten park
Recent efforts from the city and local devotees could open a new chapter for the park and establish a solid identity for a space that has perhaps been an afterthought in the city's development.
Two Detroit residents, one lifelong and one new, look to start small-scale neighborhood grocery
Raphael Wright and Megan Burritt founded Neighborhood Grocery, a small-scale grocery with a hyper-local focus, which they hope will create jobs and contribute to community wealth.
One million Michiganders have little or no dental care access. Here’s how we can change that.
A variety of organizations across the state are working to connect people to oral care they otherwise might never get, and they're innovating to continue improving oral health access in the future.
City of Detroit receives $500,000 grant to preserve home of Dr. Ossian Sweet
The grant will pay for the cost of preserving and interpreting a space in the Sweet house that will be open to the public for scheduled visits, and rehabilitating two additional properties across Garland Street.
Detroit students ‘making mistakes’ will get a second chance as district opens new alternative school
Located on the site of the former Catherine Ferguson Academy, the new school is part of a broader effort overhaul discipline in the district, which meted out 16,000 suspensions last year.
