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Resilient Neighborhoods: These three nonprofits are working to keep East Side Detroiters in their homes

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Resilient Neighborhoods: East Side Detroit groups are taking a stand against illegal dumping

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Historic West Village home to be torn down for new Detroit apartment plan

It may not look like much, but a small house in West Village is big on history.

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Detroit incinerator is hotspot for health problems, environmentalists claim

The country’s biggest trash-burning facility has been issued with a notice to sue, with local residents complaining of the bad smell and pollution it produces

The Guardian

Detroit to raise $130M for seven neighborhoods

The city is boosting its efforts to revitalize neighborhoods with plans to raise another $130 million for seven more areas in Detroit.

The Detroit News

Detroit's lower east-side residents hear redevelopment plans

Affordable housing, retail and recreation are among the enhancements planned for a reinvention of Detroit's lower east side.

The Detroit News

City clusters commercial corridor plans around Kercheval in Villages, Islandview

The city of Detroit expects $5 million in public projects and more than 230 residential units to take shape over the next several years in a concentrated section of the city's east side.

Crain's

How one block can change a neighborhood: the case of Agnes Street and West Village

In so many ways, Kirsten Ussery can't believe where Detroit is today. Five years ago, Ussery, who is vegan, would have to go to Chicago to get a decent vegan meal. Now, Detroit is appearing on lists of the top vegan-friendly cities in America.

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Schuette slams Detroit Dem for blight, OKs it for billionaire investor | Opinion

GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Schuette is appalled by the condition of an apartment building owned by Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Garlin Gilchrist II in Detroit's North End.

Detroit Free Press

Detroit's streamlines the way its finds and fixes fire hydrants

When one hydrant doesn't work properly, firefighters waste precious time while trying to find one that functions, but new technology is helping the city fix its infrastructure in an efficient way.

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Michigan's primary tool for preserving historic buildings and neighborhoods could disappear

Reimer Priester knows the joys and occasional frustrations of owning a building in a historically-designated district.

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$22.5 million Villages development moves forward with state loan

Developers planning a $22.5 million, four-story building in the Villages area on Detroit's east side will receive $3.5 million through a state program designed to hasten community revitalization in areas of disinvestment.

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Neighborhood on Detroit’s east side fights against blight, the city

Residents on Detroit’s east side banded together to fight against blight and the city after a neighborhood cleanup.

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Craft Work in Detroit's West Village to close as 'pie shrinks'

Craft Work, a restaurant and bar in Detroit's West Village neighborhood, will close after service March 7.

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Detroit neighborhood group sees gentrification as the enemy

It was just a small building being rehabbed. But to one neighborhood group, it became a symbol of gentrification. And they fought it hard.

Detroit Free Press

People living near Detroit Stellantis plant fed up with constant truck traffic

Chrysler’s new plant on Detroit’s east side was a massive boost to the city’s economy, but neighbors living near it said it’s a nightmare.

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