Sustainability

Feature Story Heather Bendure and Matt Martus are trying to protect their Grosse Pointe Park bungalow from future flooding.

From Metromode: How Metro Detroit homeowners are protecting their properties from future floods

Greg TaskerThursday, September 16, 2021
Development News A solar-powered streetlight soaking up the sun in Highland Park. Community Development

Power to the people: Nonprofit installs 10 solar-powered streetlights in Highland Park

MJ GalbraithTuesday, July 13, 2021
Development News This new Ferndale business was inspired by the Barbara Ward quote, “We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the Earth as its other creatures do.”

Home and body goods store, a ‘refillery and zero waste shop,’ opens in Ferndale

MJ GalbraithThursday, May 13, 2021
Development News Sacred Heart Church is a leader in green stormwater infrastructure, having undergone an eco-friendly overhaul of the nearly two-acre church property. Sustainability

Historic church in Eastern Market leads by example in green stormwater infrastructure

MJ GalbraithTuesday, April 27, 2021
Longform The B2B Trail between Dexter and Hudson Mills Metropark.

"Everyone seems to agree on this": Southeast Michigan comes together to plan connected trails system

Patrick DunnWednesday, February 24, 2021
Special Report Mose Primus, Jaqueline Fulbright, and Emmitt Russell take a hard-earned break from their work on the Yorkshire Woods community gardens. Entrepreneurship

‘People to support, not problems to be solved’: How this Detroit fellowship cultivates change-makers

Kate RoffTuesday, December 22, 2020
Feature Story Tammy Black Community Development

Manistique Community Treehouse organizer is a force of, and for, nature

Kate RoffTuesday, December 8, 2020
Feature Story 18th Street Design Build Green Hub Entrepreneurship

AGI Construction builds Detroiters' stories into green hub design

Kate RoffTuesday, December 1, 2020
Feature Story Joe and Barb Matney are the couple behind the In Memory Of Community Garden in Warrendale. Community Development

Warrendale community garden offers a connecting space in a year of social distancing

Kate RoffTuesday, November 10, 2020
Feature Story Mose Primus, Yorkshire Woods Community Development

Community garden helps dreams grow in Detroit's east side, despite COVID-19

Kate RoffTuesday, October 13, 2020
Development News Mayor Mike Duggan announces the partnership that aims to preserve affordable housing in Detroit.

City of Detroit forms partnership to improve housing without raising rent

MJ GalbraithTuesday, March 10, 2020
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