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Jena Brooker

Jena is a BridgeDetroit's environmental reporter, covering everything from food and agricultural to pollution to climate change.

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Posted inEnvironment

Devastating floods leave Detroiters with toxic mold

Avatar photo by Michael Gerstein, Climate Central and Jena Brooker September 29, 2023 4:45 amOctober 2, 2023 12:16 pm

The majority of Detroit homes that flood face an equally insidious threat in the aftermath: black mold.

Posted inJB's Bites

JB’s Bites: More money, more Black farms

Avatar photo by Jena Brooker September 28, 2023 10:26 amSeptember 28, 2023 10:26 am

BridgeDetroit food reporter Jena Brooker writes on the latest infusion of funds to help Black farmers get more land.

Eastern Market Building in Detroit
Posted inCivic and Community Information

Collapsing Eastern Market building will be restored

Avatar photo by Jena Brooker September 27, 2023 4:52 pmSeptember 29, 2023 9:59 am

Electricity is being restored at 2501 Russell less than two weeks after a portion of the building collapsed. An emergency demolition order from the city was pulled back after the site’s owner appealed and agreed to make fixes.

Posted inJobs & Economic Development

City memo details effects of urban renewal and I-375 on Detroiters

Avatar photo by Jena Brooker September 22, 2023 1:41 pmSeptember 25, 2023 11:49 am

New report from Detroit City Council’s Legislative Policy Division notes it’s “difficult” to quantify the generational wealth lost with the destruction of Black Bottom and Paradise Valley.

buildings
Posted inJobs & Economic Development

Delay of key Eastern Market development has the city, neighbor losing patience

Aaron Mondry from Outlier MediaAvatar photo by Aaron Mondry, Outlier Media and Jena Brooker September 21, 2023 1:28 pmSeptember 22, 2023 1:24 pm

Develop Detroit’s The Hive project is behind in financing and facing a demolition order. Meanwhile, a neighbor is suing.

Posted inJB's Bites

JB’s Bites: A collaborative cookbook

Avatar photo by Jena Brooker September 21, 2023 6:56 amSeptember 21, 2023 6:56 am

BridgeDetroit food reporter Jena Brooker shares the inspiration behind a collaborative cookbook and it’s not too late to submit your own nostalgic dishes.

road close to thru traffic
Posted inCivic and Community Information

Eastern Market businesses ‘devastated’ after demolition ordered

Avatar photo by Jena Brooker September 18, 2023 5:16 pmSeptember 18, 2023 5:19 pm

City quiet on inspection reports for collapsed Eastern Market building.

Posted inCivic and Community Information

Emergency demolition ordered for collapsed Eastern Market building

Avatar photo by Jena Brooker September 17, 2023 2:02 pmSeptember 17, 2023 2:03 pm

Tenant claims concerns were raised about brick damage months before the Saturday collapse damaged cars and injured one person. Building owner says he wasn’t aware of any problems.

Posted inCivic and Community Information

Eastern Market building collapse sends bricks ‘down like rain’

Avatar photo by Jena Brooker September 16, 2023 12:37 pmSeptember 16, 2023 12:38 pm

The upper levels of the building tumbled down near Winder and Russell just before 11:40 a.m. Saturday, at least one person was taken away in an ambulance.

Posted inJB's Bites, Uncategorized

JB’s Bites: A cornerstone of Chinatown

Avatar photo by Jena Brooker September 14, 2023 1:09 pmSeptember 14, 2023 1:09 pm

BridgeDetroit food reporter Jena Brooker has an early look at soon-to-be-released “Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” and a chat with the author.

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