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Saying Goodbye To The Godmother Of The North End

I’d like to give prayers and blessings to Delores Bennett’s family, friends, and supporters after her passing on Tuesday February 7, 2017. Delores Bennett was a Wayne County Commissioner for years. But she will forever live on in the mind of most as the Godmother of the North End. The North End is Detroit’s neighborhood that surrounds what was Detroit’s historic Northern …

Miniature golf course on verge of being built in Detroit’s North End neighborhood

Up on Oakland Avenue and Clay, it looks like seven vacant lots in the city of Detroit are about to be turned into a miniature golf course. There's a crowdfunding campaign that was launched Thursday to raise the final $5,000 required for 4Ward Phoenix Miniature Golf, described as a safe and secure 18-hole mini golf course with ample parking, lighting and benches. If the …

Detroit’s getting a new “Agrihood,” looks to transform neighborhood through sustainability

This latest project in Detroit’s North End ties neighborhood growth along with agriculture. One of the more interesting storylines in Detroit’s transformation has been the rise of urban agriculture. The variety of uses of land across the city — and what is going to happen to them long term — is constantly evolving. Totaling about three acres and nestled in a neighborhood …

Check Out The New North End Career Center That Plans To Train 700 People Per Year

Detroit's North End is home to a brand new career center that will help bridge the gap between poverty and jobs for high risk Detroiters. The North End Career Center will house the Goodwill Detroit's Flip the Script and Center for Working Families programs.  It is estimated that the North End Career Center will help train 700 mostly at-risk people each year, including …

New $2 Million Center In North End To Help Detroiters Learn Financial Literacy, Get Jobs

Good news for a well-known Detroit nonprofit and a vacant building in Detroit’s North End neighborhood. This week word came that a building at 2777 East Grand Boulevard will be renovated by September and be used as the Goodwill Industries North End Workforce Readiness Center. It will house both job readiness and financial training programs. It took a $2 million agreement …