Archive: Neighborhood Communities

Post-Bankruptcy City Hall: Detroit’s Chief of Staff on Key Issues
Former television reporter Alexis Wiley joined Mayor Mike Duggan's administration shortly after he took office in the midst of...
By Sandra Svoboda in Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Detroit Today, Neighborhoods August 4, 2015
Parks in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit
The Plan of Adjustment provided $10 million for Detroit's parks, writes Bridge Magazine's Bill McGraw, which means improvements at...
By The Center for Michigan in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Feature, Neighborhoods July 14, 2015
Judge Rhodes to Detroiters: Stay with it
In his first-ever Mackinac Policy Conference appearance, the judge who oversaw Detroit's bankruptcy trial had a message for Detroiters:...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Neighborhoods May 29, 2015
Catching up on Detroit’s bankruptcy news…and Puerto Rico’s
Catch up on the Detroit Land Bank Authority -- and how it will be funded -- Kevyn Orr's pay...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bond Markets, Legal Challenges, National attention, Neighborhoods, Other Municipalities May 10, 2015
On Michigan Radio: Detroit’s neighborhoods can’t wait 50 years for improvement
"In my Detroit neighborhood, the change I wish to see seems so far away," writes Khalil Ligon in an...
By Michigan Radio in Michigan Radio, Neighborhoods May 10, 2015
Catching Up: Some Detroit bankruptcy tidbits of the last week
The "grand bargain" doodle will be on display on the DIA. The feds report on poor management of grants...
By Sandra Svoboda in DIA, Kevyn Orr, Neighborhoods March 25, 2015
In Bridge: Those blight removal plans? Here’s how they’re going
Blight removal was a much-discussed part of Detroit's bankruptcy trial. As head of the Blight Removal Task Force, billionaire...
By The Center for Michigan in Bridge Magazine, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, DJC, Feature, Neighborhoods March 25, 2015
Post-Bankruptcy in the Neighborhoods: Citizens learn to monitor city’s progress
Detroit exited bankruptcy with a plan to balance city budgets and improve services to residents, and while elected leaders...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Community Meetings, DJC, Feature, Neighborhoods, WDET March 19, 2015
On WDET: What’s beyond bankruptcy … so far
Detroit Free Press Reporter Matt Helms joins WDET's Sandra Svoboda on the Detroit Today program. They review the latest:...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Blight, Detroit Today, DJC, DWSD, Kevyn Orr, WDET January 27, 2015
The Year(end) in Bankruptcy
Detroit had an historical year in 2014, to say the least and to say it again. The city’s bankruptcy...
By Sandra Svoboda in Bankruptcy Court, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Kevyn Orr, Legal Challenges, National attention, Neighborhoods, WDET January 6, 2015
Beyond Bankruptcy: WDET explores life in Detroit in the post-Chapter 9 era
Following the bankruptcy trial, WDET headed into Detroit's neighborhoods with panels of city officials and neighborhood advocates. We met...
By Sandra Svoboda in Blight, Community Meetings, Detroit Today, DJC, Feature, Neighborhoods, WDET January 6, 2015
From Michigan Radio: A Detroit slideshow
One thing that strikes our Detroit Journalism Cooperative partner Michigan Radio about Detroit – as the city teetered on...
By Michigan Radio in DJC, Feature, Michigan Radio, Neighborhoods December 15, 2014