The Grandmont Rosedale community will team up with University of Michigan students on Saturday, March 28th from 10 – 3 PM for the 16th Annual Detroit Partnership Day, (DP Day for short). DP Day is a student-run organization that pairs student volunteers from Ann Arbor with schools and non-profit organizations in Detroit. DP Day is their…
Before he earned the title “Doctor,” Michael Hudgins was a kid growing up on Grandmont. He remembers growing up watching movies with his parents every Friday and Saturday night. His mother was a fan of Sir Graves Ghastly, so Dr. Hudgins’ knowledge of all types of movies, both new and old, is pretty vast. As…
Elizabeth’s first production with Park Players was in 2005 in “The Wiz.” She made such an impression in her first play with the Park Players, several regular play goers have to think twice before they remember that her name is not Addaperle. Since her debut on the stage at the North Rosedale Park Community House,…
January has been an exciting month for GRDC’s Community Security Program! The Neighborhood Safety Meeting, hosted by the Crime Prevention Task Force with support from GRDC, took place January 22nd. Residents gathered at the North Rosedale Park Community House to hear presentations about accurately reporting suspicious activity to the police and to hear news about…
Susan Murphy had searched for over a year for a commercial property in Northwest Detroit. She had had a successful pop-up month on Livernois and was ready to find a permanent home for her Pages Bookshop. After a year of looking and finding nothing workable, Susan finally talked to Tom Goddeeris, GRDC’s Executive Director. Tom…
In 1958, three young Detroit men established the first African-American ski club in the United States. These men had skied before, but wanted to include after-ski activities where African-Americans would feel welcome. The wrote up a constitution, and named their ski club the “Jim Dandy Ski Club of Detroit” after rhythm and blues singer Lavern…
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…
Beverly Frederick of North Rosedale Park saw an issue that needed to be addressed, and simply started to take care of it herself. According to Mary Lyons, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator of GRDC, Beverly noticed that several vacant houses on Stahelin Street needed to be mowed, and” just headed over there with her lawn mower”. …
The next Grandmont Rosedale SOUP is Sunday, May 18 at Always Brewing Detroit, 19180 Grand River. $5 will get you soup, salad, bread, and a vote to support a community project. The money you give will be donated to one of four projects for community improvement. Doors will open at 5:30. Each proposal will be…
On May 5, the Redford Branch of the Detroit Public Library closed for renovation. Although the library is closed for the next several months, there will be a lot of activity inside the library. According to assistant branch manager, youth librarian and Rosedale Park resident Conja Wright, there are a lot of improvements in the…