You may have heard about Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation’s plans to demolish the long vacant and blighted old IHOP at 19505 Grand River. In its place, GRDC will build a new, mixed-use building that will include 42 one and two bedroom senior apartments. There will also be three community spaces set aside for communal activities.…
As we reorganize our lives to protect ourselves and our families during the COVID-19 pandemic, we should also note the importance of community in these uncertain times. The Center for Disease Control notes that this is a good time to “get to know your neighbors”: to use any organizational and communicative resources on hand to…
Paulette Washburn was chatting with others members of the babysitting co-op at the Rosedale Park June Day in 1984 when she heard that the Music School was up for sale. The Music School was a house a couple of blocks from where Paulette and her husband Ben lived. Like many people in the neighborhood, they…
This 1938 Rosedale Park gem is located at 14583 Penrod and is a move-in ready, 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom home that has been completely refurbished. It features a new roof, a high efficiency furnace with central air, a new water heater, all new plumbing, an updated kitchen with appliances, and a modernized electrical system. It…
On Saturday, June 25th, Rosedale Park Improvement Association hosted its annual neighborhood-wide garage sale. The event covers 60 city blocks between Grand River and Lyndon, Evergreen and Ashton, with many residents from the nearby Grandmont #1 neighborhood also participating. Dozens of neighbors join in each year, offering up their household wares and gently used items…
According to hosts Lauren Hood and Ryan Barrett, the “I Was Here” speaker/dialogue series held at Always Brewing Detroit on March 24, is designed to “preserve the narratives of people who lived in Detroit before it was ‘easy’ to live in Detroit.” The three featured speakers were Cornetta Lane from Core City, Robbie Dwight from…
Are you a gambling person? Kathy Roland’s story might make you think about odds. What are the odds that three sisters, a brother and their parents would all live in Grandmont Rosedale for more than 20 years? What are the odds that among the three sisters there would be 11 kids, all boys? What are…
When Mara LePere-Schloop was in elementary school, she was asked to draw a picture of her house in Rosedale Park. It was in math class, and it was an exercise in spatial thinking. Mara liked drawing her house. She got into it. When she was finished, a visiting teacher took a look at the collection…
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…
Peter Rettig, a resident of Rosedale Park from 1958-2010, doesn’t remember a June without a June Day in Rosedale Park. Peter has many fond memories of the over 50 June Days he attended. “I went to all of them! They were a big deal!” The earliest June Days that he remembers took place at Stoepel…