The State of Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority is making its inventory of nearly 7,000 vacant lots statewide — 6,000 in Detroit alone — available as community gardens via […]
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The Detroit city council, as of late, could probably have its own VH1 reality show with all the drama, controversy, and, some would say, flat out ignorance it has portrayed. Lately, the question of division has cropped up and what is and isn't a Detroiter? Division is only productive when it comes to math and recycling. Yet, it seems as if some on the city council haven't figured that out yet, according to Detnews columnist Nolan Finley.Excerpt:Why on earth would a city in such desperate straits build a wall between itself and its best potential allies? A smarter marketing strategy would be to encourage more people to boast that they are citizens of Detroit, in spirit if not by address. If more suburbanites identified themselves internally as Detroiters, it might put an end to our infernal turf wars. And we'd have more folks who gave a damn that Detroit is rotting away, that it's under siege by the worst forces of urban life, that it's been neglected and abandoned and nobody outside our small corner of the world cares. Instead, the council is advocating the very black-white, city-suburban divides that are responsible for Detroit's decline. Read the entire article here.Another piece from the Metro Times about being a Detroiter can be found here.
The Detroit News' Living In The D blog visits Rosedale Park. Excerpt: Grand River bisects the neighborhood into Rosedale Park and North Rosedale, the latter being a remarkably handsome neighborhood of great brick homes and mansions, many of them Tudor Revival. Indeed, the area feels a lot like a corner of Palmer Woods over on Woodward Avenue. Rosedale Park south of Grand River, however, is a surprisingly good-looking district, even if many of its homes aren't that much different than what you'd see in, say, Harper Woods -- lots of little two-story brick Tudor cottages. Read the entire article here.
Chef Charles Walker, Jr., says he serves what the neighborhood wants in his new soul-food restaurant on Fenkell called SPICE.Excerpt:You won't find many neighborhood carryouts in Detroit with a Culinary Institute of America diploma displayed on the protective glass between the customers and the kitchen staff.It's your first clue that SPICE Restaurant owner Charles Walker Jr., 40, of Detroit isn't your everyday cook.Your next clue comes when you taste his luscious cheesecake, made with a hint of lemon and a sweet, cinnamon-kissed graham cracker crust.The delicious dessert already has developed a following at the small, cheerful, soul-food spot he opened in October on Fenkell, finally realizing the dream of owning his own business.Read the entire article here.
The nonprofit Recycle Here! center is slammed with Detroiters unloading their unwanted paper, plastic and glass, but soon many Detroiters will have a curbside option, too. Green could be very "in" in Detroit in '09.
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