Resilient Neighborhoods: Community land trusts: “We’re rising from the ashes, and this is our vehicle.”

December 5th, 20250 By Genevieve Fox A community land trust (CLT) is a type of community ownership model where the community stewards land in perpetuity for the common good of those who live there, said GenesisHOPE Executive Director Jeanine Hatcher. GenesisHOPE is a nonprofit that strives to improve equity through community health and development,...

Resilient Neighborhoods: Stabilizing Detroit’s neighborhoods, one house, one family at a time

March 6th, 20250 By Amy Kuras To see the beautiful house on McClellan Ave., impeccably kept with colorful flowerbeds in front and a charming gazebo in the back, you’d never imagine it was once just another abandoned Detroit house awaiting a wrecking ball. Thanks to a dedicated nonprofit, the Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance, and a hardworking...

State senate candidates for third district share views on key issues

June 30th, 20181 DEARBORN - Two state senate candidates for the third district, State Rep. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) and Wayne County Commissioner Gary Woronchak, are competing in the August Democratic primary to replace term-limited State Sen. Morris Hood III (D-Detroit), who represents a district of about 215,000 residents in Dearborn, Detroit and...