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Need to do home repair on the cheap? At this new Detroit library, you can borrow tools

The E. Warren Tool Library opened on Detroit's east side in July 2019, letting residents borrow tools and supplies to…

5 years ago

When you get a $3,700 water bill… for a house with no pipes

Anytime a group of people gathers regularly, little traditions start to form, intended or not. The monthly meetings of the…

5 years ago

Amidst Brightmoor’s vacant lots, these young Detroit farmers are growing crops — and battling food insecurity

The Youth Grow Brightmoor program, founded in 2014 by Brightmoor residents Bill and Billie Hickey, teaches neighborhood youth to grow,…

5 years ago

Sing your heart out and learn Italian at PizzaPlex

The end of August is jam-packed for PizzaPlex, which serves up Neapolitan pizzas alongside community events from Vernor Avenue in…

5 years ago

A historic Detroit bookstore that celebrated black culture is getting a new life

The Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore and Cultural Center is getting a new look and focus when it reopens.

5 years ago

Opinion: Can an artist from New York call out gentrification in Detroit?

The influx of mostly white newcomers and New York artists has been a concern among Detroiters who worry about rising…

6 years ago

Is anyone actually in charge of oversight of the county tax auction?

Wayne County Ethics Board held a hearing to decide whether or not County Treasurer Eric Sabree broke ethics rules in…

6 years ago

This Flint startup has upcycled 16,000 water bottles into glasses

By Erin Gold Ali Rose VanOverbeke and Jack Burns, co-founders of Flint eyewear startup Genusee, can measure their progress in…

6 years ago

Why isn’t Wayne County doing more to keep speculators from exploiting the tax auction?

Even if a buyer can’t unload the property again or decides paying taxes isn’t worth the trouble, losing the house…

6 years ago

Rouge Park, Detroit’s biggest urban green, deserves more love

By Detour Neighborhood Ambassador Frank Nemecek   Warrendale is a familiar name to most folks in the Detroit. The neighborhood…

6 years ago