In endeavoring to make derelict houses livable again, community development organizations are taking on an issue that's been a thorn in the city's side for decades.
Evette Napier has spent a lifetime in Woodbridge, raising a family and being active in her community. After contracting COVID-19 this year amid a battle against cancer, the neighborhood’s graciousness came front and center for her.
With a mindset centered on equity, Pay it Forward co-founder Melanie D’Evelyn talks about the potential economic impact of COVID-19 and partnering with minority-owned small businesses, including Lucki's Gourmet Cheesecake, to help feed the city’s homeless during uncertain times.
Over the last three decades in Woodbridge, Otto and Cheryl Cureton have raised children, established successful careers in health care, and invested in neighborhood development. Now, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, their family has found a way to adjust to a new lifestyle.
For over a decade, Woodbridge Pub was a neighborhood gathering place for local residents. But everything changed when the COVID-19 swept through Detroit, forcing the pub to temporarily shutter in the wake of the pandemic.
Faced with the unprecedented challenge of closing the Downtown Synagogue amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Rabbi Ariana Silverman discovered new ways to keep her congregation connected while following thousands of years of Jewish tradition.
When restaurateur Ben Nolan opened the chic Woodbridge restaurant with his business partners in early January, they anticipated it would be busy and running smoothly by summer. But then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
When Detroit artists Elena and Aubrey Smyth quit their jobs on a whim nearly eight years ago to become full-time artists, they knew there was no looking back. Today, the owners of Armageddon Beachparty are drawing on their creative resilience to navigate the unprecedented challenges of owning a small business during a pandemic.
Jeremy Damaske is no stranger to perseverance. Over the last nine years, the Detroit restaurateur has transformed the Woodbridge pizzeria, once an experimental pizza pop-up, into a popular local hot spot. Now, he’s rising to the challenge of running a business during a historic pandemic.
Nonprofit Woodbridge Neighborhood Development and nonprofit developer Cinnaire Solutions are co-developing Hancock School as well as other projects in the neighborhood.
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