The city stresses that any motorists with actual unpaid parking fees in Detroit would receive notice from the Municipal Parking Department via U.S. mail, not through text message.
Christine Ferretti
Christine Ferretti is BridgeDetroit's managing editor, bringing 20 years of reporting and editing experience from The Detroit News, where she spent nearly a decade leading Detroit City Hall coverage, including the city's historic municipal bankruptcy. Her reporting has been recognized by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Michigan Press Association.
Ferretti holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and public relations from Madonna University and has completed fellowships with the National Press Foundation and Michigan State University's Great Lakes Environmental Journalism Training Institute.
Posted inCulture Canvas
Culture Canvas: A Detroit mural mishap
Micah Walker writes about a city-authorized mural in Southwest Detroit that was mistakenly painted over and what Detroit is doing about it. Plus, shopping, concerts and more.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook
Community win for Core City
BridgeDetroit has a round up from Detroit City Council: A ‘road diet’ study for Fort Street, Core City zoning changes, master planning progress and more.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Housing
Detroiters share frustrations over ‘fragmented’ system for housing help
Panelists of BridgeDetroit’s Community Conversation on housing and home repair urged residents to be vocal and visible about the resources they need.
Posted inArts & Culture
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy files civil suit against former CFO, friends and family
The suit names Will Smith’s wife, mother and sister and close friend as co-conspirators who benefited from his alleged theft.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Political and Public Policy Information
Detroiters react to potential for first Black female president
Vice President Kamala Harris has already garnered support from several prominent Democrats in Detroit after Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Political and Public Policy Information
Voter event urges Detroiters to ‘see themselves in the civic process’
The newsroom event, moderated by BridgeDetroit reporter Malachi Barrett, was the first of
four Community Conversations being held this year centered around topics that matter to Detroiters.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Feds accuse ex-Detroit riverfront CFO in yearslong embezzlement scheme
Fired Detroit riverfront CFO William Smith changed with wire and bank fraud in a federal criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Environment
Wayne County ‘trying to show up’ for public health through air quality monitors
Officials hope air quality data will have implications for future enforcement and legislation.
Posted inEducation
Vitti talks budget, enrollment, and high school reform at Mackinac conference
Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent Nikolai Vitti sat down with BridgeDetroit during the Mackinac Policy Conference to discuss the district’s budget stability and planned uses of literacy lawsuit settlement dollars and building out programs for migrant students.