You know someone’s life has made an impact when the people who attend the final service can hardly fit in the building. Morris Goodman packed the Northwest Unitarian Universalist Church on Monday, August 4, the day when his many friends and family from many various places gathered to bid their friend, confidante, inspiration and even…
“I couldn’t believe it!” That was Sweet Potato Sensations owner and North Rosedale Park resident Cassandra Thomas’ reaction when she found out that she was on the cover of Hour Detroit magazine. Cassandra recalled the interview with Hour editor and fellow North Rosedale Park resident Steve Wilke, and the trip downtown to get her photo…
Some people discover what they’re good at and what they love after years of searching and trying several things out. Some lucky few find it early. 19 year old Rosedale Park resident Emma Stark played just a couple of seasons of neighborhood baseball and soccer and knew that her future did not lie in either…
Lisa Grace remembers her old neighborhood as an idyllic place: summer days were spent outside riding bikes and playing at the park at the end of her street chasing down Gordy the ice cream man and, like many kids in Detroit, coming home when the street lights came on. Little did Lisa know as a…
Norris Stephens of Good Medicine Farm has been a vendor with the Northwest Detroit Farmers’ Market since its beginning nine years ago. Norris is a second generation farmer who grew up in Romulus. As a kid, during the harvest season, Norris stayed at the farm in Hillsdale County where his parents farmed soybeans, wheat, and…
Amanda Brewington is cool and collected. She calmly splits her time and attention between chatting with customers, ringing up orders, and keeping an eye on who’s coming through the door at Always Brewing Detroit. Over the last year, her business has become more and more established as a cornerstone in the community, with recently expanded…
From the sweet glues of the trotters Come the sweet kinks of the fist, from the full flower Of the hams the thorax of caves, From “Bow Down” come “Rise Up,” Come they Lion from the reeds of shovels, The grained arm that pulls the hands, They Lion grow. Always Brewing Detroit hummed with a…
As part of GRDC’s 25th anniversary celebration, nine trees will be planted in honor of the five Grandmont Rosedale neighborhoods and four individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary support and dedication to GRDC and its mission of community stabilization. The individuals who will have trees planted in their honor are: Tom Goddeeris, Cathy Marshall, Bill Frey,…
“Red-tail!” “I see it!” “Look! On the far tree, left of the main trunk!” The conversation is about birds and the 25 or so bird watchers, or “birders,” as they often call themselves, are excited about spotting a hard to see warbling vireo or a brilliant Baltimore oriole or a knocking red-bellied woodpecker or a…
For several years, Margaret Oldfield of Minock Park had a terrific neighbor named Tony. Before he moved in, Tony renovated the kitchen, refinished the floors, and painted. Margaret and Tony soon became good friends as well as good neighbors. After a few years Tony found that maintaining a home, working and going to law school…