Setting an East Side Example
For more than two decades, Maggie DeSantis has helped to build a community identity on the East Side, bringing vitality and a sense of place as well as commercial and residential development.
Jefferson Chalmers
RiverWalk projects to receive $17 million from private donors
Two of the nation's largest philanthropic foundations are donating a total of $17 million to spur job creation and boost the economic fortunes of Detroit neighborhoods near the city's big RiverWalk project that stretches from downtown to Belle Isle, south of Jefferson Avenue.
The Weekly 411
When traditional media outlets didn’t deliver, TheUrbanFlavor started its own scene, sending out a weekly who-what-where-when on city happenings geared toward young, urban, African-American professionals. The newsletter has made Detroiters see a new side of their city.
Salvation Army plans to buy 28 acres on East Side for community center
The Detroit City Council late last week voted unanimously to sell 28.3 acres on the East Side of Detroit to the Salvation Army of Metropolitan Detroit for a new community center.
Loft, townhome projects get $.5 million in brownfield tax credits
Townhomes in a West Side neighborhood and lofts in a neighborhood near Indian Village were awarded brownfield tax credits recently totaling more than $500,000 recently.
More than $500,000 in state grants given to two Detroit projects
Two state tax credits will help residential redevelopment projects slated for a West Side neighborhood and a neighborhood near Indian Village.
Behind the Bricks: Lofts Exposed
Lofts are hot. No doubt about it. They are like urban-living magnets, attracting young professionals and suburbanites back to the city’s core, with their exposed brick walls, historic facades and high ceilings. But what makes a loft a loft and not just a condo or an apartment?
