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A freeway ripped the heart out of Black life in Detroit. Now …
WEBDec 1, 2021 · This story is published in collaboration with Grist.. In 1945 in Detroit, Michigan, a man who is believed to be the first African-American independent record producer opened up a blues and gospel record store called Joe’s Record Shop. The store was lined with vinyl records and music posters, with a big, upright piano in the back.
Where’s the love for Hart Plaza? Detroit reimagines a riverfront icon
WEBDec 16, 2022 · WATCH: Detroit’s African American History Museum, now the Charles H. Wright Museum, hosted its annual African World Festival in Hart Plaza the weekend of August 18th, 1989.The video’s narrator says the event attracted 300,000 people. The segment of the video that focuses on the festival ends at 4:32. (Detroit Historical Society Video and Screenshot)
Detroit mortgage guide: What to know - BridgeDetroit
WEBNov 29, 2022 · Detroit Future City, a nonprofit policy advocacy group, has released two new resource guides to provide some answers. The guides focus on navigating obstacles in the mortgage process and a catalog of available loans and payment programs. “It’s fair to say we believe homeownership provides power and voice and community change, and also ...
A $20M fund aims to help 1,000 Detroiters tap into home repair ...
WEBMay 3, 2022 · Jennifer Gilbert, co-founder of the Gilbert Family Foundation, speaks during the launch of the $20 million Detroit Home Repair Fund that aims to help more than 1,000 Detroiters fix up their homes, through a network of nonprofits. The program is funded by the Gilbert Family Foundation, DTE Energy and ProMedica. (Nushrat Rahman photo)
Built to keep Black from white: The story behind Detroit’s "Wailing ...
WEBJul 19, 2021 · Eighty years after a segregation wall rose in Detroit, America remains divided. That’s not an accident. (Detroit News; NBC News) This article was published in partnership with NBC News.. DETROIT — When they started building the wall behind Margaret Watson’s house in northwest Detroit, she knew the reason without having to ask.. As a child in the late 1930s, Watson had seen the new ...
The 7 Detroit neighborhoods where home values grew the most in …
WEBJan 28, 2021 · Residential property values in Detroit have grown by more than $1 billion in combined worth since 2019, with virtually every neighborhood seeing gains, according to a city of Detroit analysis. At a recent news conference, Mayor Mike Duggan said “189 out of 194 neighborhoods in the city saw their property values rise,” based on 2021 assessments.
Ilitch family revives its first historic Detroit building in 30 years
WEBSep 9, 2021 · Last decade, the Ilitch group vowed “five new neighborhoods” would be created by the time the LCA opened in 2017. The Ilitches call the plan The District Detroit.Filling the area with new offices, stores and residences was the linchpin in the billionaire group’s argument of why it needed $324 million in taxpayer money to help build the massive arena.
Detroit to get $440M in federal aid. Now to figure out how to …
WEBMay 7, 2021 · The U.S. Department of Treasury is expected to send Detroit an estimated $440 million by the end of next week, said Chris Hackbarth, director of state and federal affairs for the Michigan Municipal League. That’s half of the estimated $880 million Detroit will eventually receive, he said. The other half is expected within one year.
Prosecutor won’t charge Detroit officers in Porter Burks’ shooting ...
WEBNov 23, 2022 · Detroit police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man going through a mental health crisis in October will not be charged. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the decision Wednesday in the Oct. 2 death of 20-year-old Porter Burks of Detroit, concluding that the officers acted in self-defense and in defense of others.
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