The last several months have not turned out the way most people expected. GRDC’s summer intern William Patterson had to catch an unplanned flight from Nairobi, Kenya just a month into what he hoped would be a several month study of how environmental issues affect human health. William had finished an urban planning class, taken…
For close to four years, GRDC board of director Charlotte Wright has brought expertise, dedication, and perhaps most of all, her impressive work ethic to help make Grandmont Rosedale the wonderful neighborhood it is, and GRDC one of Detroit’s oldest and most effective Community Developments Corporations. Charlotte was asked to serve on the GRDC board…
Carla White-Smith visited other expos, taking notes on what worked and what didn’t, where visitors gathered, and which vendors were popular with whom. Then she decided to chair a committee to host Grandmont Community Association’s Youth Expo on Saturday, March 16 from 11 am – 3 pm at Christ the King Church, 20800 Grand River.…
The halls of Cooke S.T.E.M. Academy Elementary School on 18800 Puritan are filled with things you’d find at any elementary school: colorful artwork, lockers with kids’ names on them, lines of kids headed toward the bathrooms or the library or the gym, the kid who’s a bit late, hustling just this side of a run,…
GRDC’s Trash Talkin’ has again begun its monthly meetings of conversation and light litter pick up, but this year it’s a little different. In order to spruce up as much of Grandmont Rosedale as possible, the Trash Talkin’ volunteers are meeting at a different location. The June 27 Trash Talkin’ meeting place is at our…
If you’ve ever helped out planting trees, or picking up litter, or volunteered on Detroit Partnership Day this past year, you’ve probably met Mary Lyons, the AmeriCorps VISTA member and GRDC Volunteer Outreach Coordinator. Come this spring, however, you will notice that there has been a change of guard. Mary has finished her term with…
It’s an interesting story, that of Rich Castillo. The path from ballroom dancing lessons at the North Rosedale Park Community House to an underwater stand-off with a male sea lion weighing in at 1000 lb.s is unusual and unusually interesting. While his footwork was no help in that situation, he did manage to escape unharmed,…
On Saturday, May 3rd, community members all across Detroit kicked off the annual spring cleaning event titled “Motor City Makeover”. In small and large groups, people took to the parks and streets to beautify the neighborhoods and show pride in our city. Motor City Makeover is an initiative through the City of Detroit, in partial…
Coffee, community, and clean-up. That was the thinking behind Trash Talkin’ when Grandmont Rosedale residents saw a need to get others involved in picking up trash in the Grandmont Rosedale community. While it may seem strange to try to make picking up litter fun, the idea worked. Last year, Trash Talkin’ met four times, collected…
Sunny daffodils are standing tall, trees are showing off their baby leaves, we can finally put our winter coats away, and the garbage along our streets that’s been hidden all winter announces itself like an unwanted guest who has stayed too long. It’s time to come together for some spring cleaning! Saturday, May 3 from…