February 18, 2014 | MLive
Non-profit organizations and foundations are coming together to offer financial assistance to homeowners in two central Detroit neighborhoods in an effort to further boost the area’s marketability and reduce blight.
Vanguard Community Development Corporation, with support from The Kresge Foundation and Capital Impact Partners, is spearheading the Restore North End program, which will offer up to $20,000 to homeowners in two areas of North End.
February 18, 2014 | Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency
Our partner, Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency, raised more than $140,000 at Walk for Warmth this past Saturday for Wayne County residents in need. Keep up the great work Wayne Metro!
February 18, 2014 | National Public Radio
Buying a light bulb used to be a no-brainer. Now it’s a brain teaser; the transition to more energy-efficient lighting means choosing from a dazzling array of products.
February 3, 2014 | Chemical & Engineering News
When crime rates began to drop across the U.S. during the 1990s, city officials and criminologists were thrilled—but baffled. Violent acts, most often committed by young adults, had reached an all-time high at the start of the decade, and there was no sign of a turnaround.
By the close of the ’90s, though, the homicide rate had declined more than 40% throughout the country. Economists and criminologists have […]
January 2014 | Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America
In celebration of AAFA’s 60th Anniversary, AAFA is recognizing Chapters and their leaders for the innovation that they demonstrate in achieving AAFA’s mission in their communities. This award recognizes and celebrates the innovation by AAFA’s state and regional chapter along these three pillars.
AAFA Michigan Chapter’s winning proposal highlighted their work with the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI). GHHI is comprised of nearly 40 partner organizations dedicated to […]
January 26, 2014 | Detroit Free Press
At a recent conference on blight removal at Marygrove College, longtime Detroit activist Maggie DeSantis pressed businessman Dan Gilbert for the economic model that he and others assumed would fill up the city’s vacant land once the Gilbert-led blight removal effort has finished its work.
Gilbert told DeSantis and the other 100 or so people in attendance that removing eyesore buildings and trash would, by itself, create economic opportunities […]
January 18, 2014 | WXYZ
The walk to school will be a little safer next week for some kids in southwest Detroit.
Saturday, around 80 volunteers met outside Harms Elementary School near Central and Pitt to board up vacant structures nearby.
The goal was to cut off criminals’ access to abandoned structures and force them out of the neighborhood, so kids feel safe walking to and from school.
January 13, 2014 | CLEARCorps/Detroit
CLEARCorps/Detroit can replace your old, inefficient refrigerator with a brand new Whirlpool Energy Star-rated refrigerator from Lowe’s. Your fridge must be built before December 2000, you cannot be in Shutoff, and you must meet a maximum income requirement. Info labels on your fridge will not say how old it is. This program is only for DTE electrical customers.
Please note: CLEARCorps/Detroit […]
January 7, 2014 | DTE Energy
DTE Energy will provide rebates to selected EEA participating organizations for authorized furnace and boiler test and tune-up activities. Available rebates will be allocated to successful organizations on a quarterly basis beginning in 2014. For an example of a quarterly allocation, refer to the charts in the Test and Tune-Up Program Kit. The selected organizations must be experienced housing or weatherization service providers currently serving the proposed […]
January 2, 2014 | Detroit Free Press
The flu and flu-like symptoms aren’t the only problems sending metro Detroiters to emergency rooms as winter wraps itself around the New Year.
Dr. Rachel Rohde, orthopaedic surgeon at Beaumont, Royal Oak, started today like she does during most winter storms: mending broken bones from icy falls, snowblower disasters and accidents on ice skates, snowboards, skis and sleds.