The Montford Point Marines were the first African Americans allowed to enlist in the Marine Corps. They trained at a segregated camp.
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Pope Francis Center to open $40M housing campus this summer
The Bridge Housing Campus in Detroit’s Core City is designed to help people transition from the streets into permanent housing.
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Why are there headstones in this east side Detroit neighborhood?
The stones are engraved with names and carry birth and death years, too. But it’s unclear why the markers are there in the first place.
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Detroit’s new transit center opens at old State Fairgrounds
The facility, at Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, is named after Jason Hargrove, a DDOT bus driver who died from COVID-19 in 2020.
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Gilbert Family Foundation’s $15M grant kickstarts third phase of Strategic Neighborhood Fund
The fund is meant to invigorate 10 Detroit neighborhoods with parks, streetscapes, commercial corridors and housing.
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Detroit City Council to assemble commission to represent renters
Detroit renters have long raised concerns about substandard living conditions and evictions, and pushed for accountability from landlords.
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Gleaners market-style food center planned for metro Detroiters in need
Construction for Gleaners’ new food assistance service in Warren is slated to begin this summer and the facility is expected to open early 2025.
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FEMA to close recovery centers in Wayne County
The deadline to apply for federal aid for help recovering from August storms that hit Michigan is May 8. Help centers are slated to close Wednesday.
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Homeless service providers want to be ‘proactive’ ahead of NFL Draft
At the end of March, there were 52 people living unsheltered in the downtown area based on estimates from street outreach teams.
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Report: Detroit home values increased nearly $4B since bankruptcy
A University of Michigan report examined how much wealth Detroit homeowners accumulated since the city’s bankruptcy and if that growth was equitable.