Grandmont #1’s Annual Picnic Celebrates Community

On Saturday June 14, from 12-4pm, the Grandmont #1 neighborhood will celebrate its community with an annual picnic at Acacia Park at Rosemont, affectionately known as Flintstone Park.  Chaired by Vice President Alexander Jones and his wife Shonda Jones, Chair of the Grandmont #1 Youth Development Program, the Annual Picnic promises to be a grand…

Traffic Calming Initiative Continues to Draw Support

On Tuesday, May 27, residents from the Grandmont Rosedale neighborhoods gathered at the North Rosedale Park Community House to hear about the progression of the Traffic Calming initiative for Grandmont Rosedale.  Stacy Pugh, president of the Rosedale Park Improvement Association, welcomed the attendees as well as the Traffic Calming committee members representing all five Grandmont…

Grandmont Youth and Education Meeting Yields Results!

Every other Saturday from 10 am-12 pm Carla Smith and often Cora Duncan Foster of Grandmont sharpen their pencils, pack some snacks, and wait for neighborhood students to come to the conference room at the Chaney Branch library on Grand River.  As the Grandmont Youth and Education Meeting organizers, these women offer neighborhood youth tutoring…

Lessons Learned at the April 24 Neighborhood Safety Meeting

Sponsored by the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation’s Crime Prevention Task Force, residents from the northwest Detroit gathered at the North Rosedale Park Community House on April 24 to hear 6th and 8th precinct Officers Marshall, Coleman and Childrey address residents’ concerns.  Questions from surveys submitted previous to the meeting were first answered by the officers. …