CBRP 2013

It’s the little things that count—and that’s why I love Detroit. Having now spent five weeks in the city, I have done a fair amount of exploring, though it feels as if I never stop making new, quirky little discoveries. From hidden alleyway gardens, little tucked away museums, and lonely yet beautiful works of art, […]

I’ve always been a very positive person. I get excited easily and I tend to look at the good rather than the bad. Being in Detroit has really caused me to reflect on this personality trait of mine. Sometimes it truly does get hard to see the positive in situations–sometimes you have to look very

I may be starting to sound like a broken record, but I am just going to say it again, there is so much goodness happening in Detroit. While browsing model D, I discovered an article that brought even more “snaps” of excitement and support. The article is called Detroit Future Schools program offers a new

I’ve just read DPS ADVOCATES TELL OBAMA: STOP DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, which was written on September 1, 2012 by Diane BuKowski. I regret that I did not read this article when it was contemporary, however it is still relevant today and not only to Detroit, but to the entire country and world. The article summarizes a meeting

Before I get into talking about a specific article, I want to generally talk about what it was like to search for news about Detroit. When I typed in search terms related to Detroit I was bombarded by two topics almost completely: Sports and Murder. It is really depressing that a whole city has been

This article really opened my eyes to the poor management of water in Detroit. Access to clean water is a basic human right. 150,000 Detroit residents who are late on their bills will have their water shut off, but it is estimated that 200,000 to 300,000 people will be affected by the water termination. It’s

http://www.freep.com/article/20140309/BUSINESS06/303090063/M-1-Rail-transit-Detroit-streetcars The M1 rail is going to start construction on July 28th. The rail will run 3.3 miles along Woodward Avenue from Jefferson downtown to Grand Boulevard in New Center. M1 is predicted to enhance transit-oriented economic development and prosperity. While, I fully endorse the project and think it will be great for midtown/downtown, I

With my non-profit, I have been learning a lot about urban agriculture, the new Detroit food market,  and offering healthy options to the residents of the city. Although there has been a lot of growth and development in food availability with the creations of urban gardens and local food markets, I personally don’t think these

With Focus: HOPE’s past of emerging from the 1967 Detroit riots, I found this article to be an interesting and different take on the these sort of events in the city over time. Charlie LeDuff’s opinion piece, A Beating in Detroit, brings together the past and present of the “two-way street” that is racial violence.