Featured Stories

UIX: Kirk Mayes and the Brightmoor Alliance

Tunde Wey Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Meet the director of the Brightmoor Alliance, a coalition of organizations dedicated to delivering social services to the community in Northwest Detroit.

Brightmoor, Detroit, Food and Drink, Sustainability

Three towns. Three citizen philanthropists. All for Detroit

Jessica Strachan and Dan Morrison Tuesday, March 20, 2012

In the first month of Detroit4Detroit, over 50 Detroiters of all types and from around the city and country have stepped forward to make their mark on the city. Meet three of them.

Brightmoor, Building Communities, Choosing Michigan, City Kids, Detroit, Move to Detroit, Sense of Place, Volunteerism

Drawing lines for Detroit neighborhood democracy

Vince Keenan Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Detroit's City Council is about to fix the gears of a new kind of democratic government, wind it up and set it in motion, says political blogger Vince Keenan. But the body needs feedback from city residents on the best ways to create a fair, equitable new districting system. Read on and jump into the discussion.

Brightmoor, Detroit, Move to Detroit, Urban Leadership

Grandmont Rosedale, Southwest Detroit, Corktown

Global Detroit: We begin series on immigrant talent as economic driver

Steve Tobocman Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Why are we talking about a Brightmoor crew that won the Detroit City Futbol League title in August? Because it fielded a lineup that included immigrants from Jamaica, Nigeria and the Congo, as well as whites and African-Americans, that's why.

Brightmoor, Choosing Michigan, Detroit, Entrepreneurs, Lifestyle, Move to Detroit, Redevelopment, Urban Leadership, Volunteerism

Taking root: Just in time for growing season, we begin series on urban farming in the D

Patrick Crouch Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Earthwork's Patrick Crouch is a busy guy, serving on food policy councils and collaborating with other players in Detroit's growing agricultural networks and projects. But not too busy to write about developments here getting attention around the world. Welcome aboard, friend.

Brightmoor, Entrepreneurs, Food and Drink, Green, Redevelopment, Shop Local, Urban Farming

Corktown, East Side, Eastern Market, Hamtramck, Near East Side

The greening of Brightmoor: Urban farming goes northwest

Dennis Archambault Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Urban agriculture is more than just about farming. Much more. Detroiters Bill and Billie Hickey moved from Green Acres to the wide open spaces of Brightmoor, where they see an opportunity to cultivate community life and grow economic justice. Not to mention 24 varieties of fruits and vegetables. Dennis Archambault puts on his rubber boots and reports from the pumpkin patch.

Brightmoor, Urban Farming, Urban Leadership

Brightmoor: 'Feisty' Neighbors Use Hope, Innovation to Face Struggles

Dennis Archambault Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Brightmoor faces huge challenges, but the Northwest Detroit neighborhood is more than a sum of its problems.The 4-square-mile area of Northwest Detroit boasts a tenacious social infrastructure that is determined to renew the neighborhood. We find out what's going on.

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