The majority of Detroit homes that flood face an equally insidious threat in the aftermath: black mold.
Jena Brooker
Jena is a BridgeDetroit's environmental reporter, covering everything from food and agricultural to pollution to climate change.
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JB’s Bites: More money, more Black farms
BridgeDetroit food reporter Jena Brooker writes on the latest infusion of funds to help Black farmers get more land.
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Collapsing Eastern Market building will be restored
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.
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City memo details effects of urban renewal and I-375 on Detroiters
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.
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Delay of key Eastern Market development has the city, neighbor losing patience
Develop Detroit’s The Hive project is behind in financing and facing a demolition order. Meanwhile, a neighbor is suing.
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JB’s Bites: A collaborative cookbook
BridgeDetroit food reporter Jena Brooker shares the inspiration behind a collaborative cookbook and it’s not too late to submit your own nostalgic dishes.
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Eastern Market businesses ‘devastated’ after demolition ordered
City quiet on inspection reports for collapsed Eastern Market building.
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Emergency demolition ordered for collapsed Eastern Market building
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.
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Eastern Market building collapse sends bricks ‘down like rain’
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.
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JB’s Bites: A cornerstone of Chinatown
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.