Quick and Easy DIY Holiday Gifts with Trice Clark
Don't go breaking the bank trying to find that perfect holiday gift. We visited Trice Clark at Arts and Scraps and learned how to make two simple yet thoughtful gifts, perfect for your loved ones this holiday season.
‘Tis the season for cheery capitalism! As November slides into the frantic flurry of holiday shoppers racing against the Christmas/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah clock, consider stepping away from big-name corporations and instead purchasing from small businesses.
On Monday The Neighborhoods team split up and travelled to Detroit’s east, west, and southwest sides to visit some small local businesses. Here’s a few places I saw on the east side:
Maison’s Fine Foods Diner
'Storytellers: When keeping it real goes wrong'
In this episode of “Storytellers”, Detroit actor Gregory Dockery, tells a story best described as "when keeping it real goes wrong". While trying out for the basketball team at Winans Academy back in 2005, then freshman Greg and his friends decide to visit the local gas station across the street. Watch along as Greg hilariously recounts a time that his youth got the best of him.
How U-SNAP-BAC plans to transform five blocks of Morningside
At least two decades have passed since hard times hit Barham Street in Detroit’s Morningside neighborhood.
From her corner house a block off East Warren Avenue, Michelle Allen says she has helplessly watched the decline as her neighbors abandoned their houses, squatters moved in, and properties were torched or torn down in the past 16 years.
Share Your Story
At The Neighborhoods, we’re interested in hearing from everybody in Detroit about what matters most to you.
Do you have a story to tell about what your community group is doing in the neighborhood? Tell us.
Do you have a story to tell about a home that needs to come down in your neighborhood? Tell us.