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Jan 6, 2025 · In a statement, Mayor Mike Duggan credited Cramer with overseeing the most significant People Mover operating improvements in decades and set a goal of returning DDOT ridership numbers to levels sustained before the COVID-19 pandemic—roughly 440,000 passengers a week.

Feb 1, 2024 · The Detroit Home Repair Fund, a $20 million program funded by the Gilbert Family Foundation, DTE Energy and health care organization ProMedica, was created in 2022 to help Detroiters access repair resources through a network of nonprofits. Most residents on the waitlist – which is now closed – were notified in January that the program would not be able to help …

Aug 16, 2021 · 2 Executive Summary –All Indicators Show Increases Michigan is now in High Transmission Percent Positivity (7.7%) is increasing for seven weeks (up from 7.0% last week), and Case Rate (102.0 cases/million) have increased for over a month (up from 77.2 last week) Michigan has 30th lowest number of cases (33rd last week), and 5th lowest case rate (9th last …

Apr 15, 2023 · Karriem Riggins made his way into the crowded music room and sat down in one of the few empty seats in the front row. He fit right in with the college students he was surrounded by, wearing a knit hat, black hoodie with an owl on the front, jeans and black and white sneakers.

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May 24, 2023 · Christine Holmes, director of Policy and Property Development for WNDC, said the story map was created as a continuation of the community engagement work WNDC was doing in 2020 to address resident concerns about new …

Jul 19, 2021 · Eighty years after a segregation wall rose in Detroit, America remains divided. That’s not an accident. (Detroit News; NBC News) This article was published in partnership with NBC News.. DETROIT — When they started building the wall behind Margaret Watson’s house in northwest Detroit, she knew the reason without having to ask.. As a child in the late 1930s, …

Apr 28, 2023 · Taylor Dill-Reese stands outside a home in the Brightmoor neighborhood she purchased from the Detroit Land Bank Authority. Dill-Reese ran into significant financial complications that prevented her from completing the renovation of her house.

Oct 20, 2023 · Kayanna Sessoms, District 3 manager with the Department of Neighborhoods, leads an Oct. 16, 2023 informational meeting with Detroit residents at Farwell Recreation Center.