Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts

This Saturday, August 3rd from 3-9 PM Detroit’s northwest side will welcome the Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts. The Sidewalk Festival is an outdoor celebration of site-specific performance and installation art, in the heart of Detroit’s Old Redford/Brightmoor Neighborhoods. The festival will take place in and around the courtyards, sculptures and gardens of Artist Village…

The Detroit Vacant Property Coalition honors GRDC’s Becki Kenderes

Michigan Community Resources’ Janai Gilmore honored GRDC Sustainable Communities Program Manager, Becki Kenderes, for her work as a member of the Detroit Vacant Property Coalition’s Planning Committee at a recent Thank You Dinner on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Other committee members present at the dinner included: Mary Jo Smith (University District), Pat Dixon (Barton MacFarland),…

The Grandmont Rosedale SOUP winner is…

The inaugural Grandmont Rosedale SOUP event far exceeded expectations this past Sunday, July 21st.   Just over 150 people came out to support and vote for the community development project of their choice.  The crowd heard compelling proposals from four presenters seeking to fund projects, but the night’s winner was Dr. Conja Wright from the Redford…

Photo of the Week

North Rosedale Park resident Ronni Richardson submitted this photo from the 50th Anniversary of the historic Walk to Freedom march held in Detroit in June, 1963 and led by Dr. Martin Luther King.  “I thought this was a great and rare picture of 3 power houses in the same picture,” wrote Mrs. Richardson. “It was…