Detroit, MI
Neighborhood buys property to preserve community garden on Detroit’s west side
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DETROIT – A Detroit neighborhood affiliation purchased property to protect a neighborhood backyard on the town’s west facet.
The vacant lot on Memorial Avenue close to I-96 and the Southfield Freeway had turn out to be an eyesore, so Schoolcraft Enchancment Affiliation (SIA) cleaned it up and turned it right into a neighborhood backyard.
On Friday (Sept. 16), the affiliation finalized the acquisition and are actually the brand new property house owners.
It’s a proud second yr’s within the making, particularly for folks like Martha Lathan. She’s lived on Memorial Avenue since 1993 and remembers earlier than it was vacant.
“It was a home right here, and a home burned down, so the children from college stored working out and in of it,” stated Lathan. “We didn’t need the unlawful dumping, and we didn’t need the riff-raff within the neighborhood. We may have had different exercise out right here, and we didn’t need that.”
Neighbors and SIA obtained the town to knock down the house. From there, they cleaned up, and for the final 10 years, the realm has been a neighborhood backyard.
SIA President Aminah Steger stated it’d turn out to be greater than a backyard however a staple.
“We even have our neighborhood conferences right here, we do neighborhood gatherings, we’ll do bike-a-thons with one another, we’ll do walks with one another, we’ve completed e-book golf equipment right here,” stated Steger. “We even have our annual Jazz within the Backyard that everyone loves to come back and partake in from throughout.”
It was metropolis officers they’ve labored with prior to now who gave them a heads up earlier this yr that there was an opportunity issues may change.
Metropolis officers who they’ve labored with prior to now gave them a heads up earlier this yr that there was an opportunity issues may change.
“They tell us, ‘Hey, this lot is now up for buy,’” Steger stated. “They tell us what we would have liked to do, and we had been capable of submit an utility, full the applying and do what all was wanted as a way to procure this lot.”
They purchased the property from the Detroit Land Financial institution Friday afternoon for $250 with cash from membership dues.
Now greater than ever, the neighborhood backyard will stand as a reminder of how planting a seed of hope, exhausting work, and coming collectively can actually make a distinction.
“Hopefully, when my era is gone, the younger individuals are nonetheless maintaining with it,” Lathan stated. “The youngsters from the varsity. We had them taking part at first and displaying them the way to develop and do all issues like that. So it means a complete lot.”
“We hope that we will depart a legacy that may move on to those that comply with us together with different neighborhoods,” Steger stated.
SIA plans to have a good time the massive second with a neighborhood occasion on the backyard.
For extra on SIA, click on right here.
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Detroit, MI
Trajan Langdon speaks on expectations, plans for Detroit Pistons
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Detroit, MI
Metro Detroit struggles with power outages, storm damage after severe weather
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BEVERLY HILLS, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — The village of Beverly Hills remained under a state of emergency on Friday, dealing with widespread power outages and significant tree damage from Wednesday’s storm.
The Beverly Hills Police Department closed a portion of Beverly Road west of Southfield Road so crews could continue clearing the roadway and removing dangerous limbs.
“We really thought it was a tornado, just terrifying. It is a disaster zone here,” said Beverly Hills resident Stacie Millichamp.
It has kept Millichamp and her neighbors in clean-up mode for the last 48 hours, trimming trees and bringing branches to the curb so they can be chipped in the coming weeks.
“We cleaned up the street as much as we could, trying to be able to get safety trucks through and DTE trucks through,” Millichamp said. “It’s been very challenging, but the community’s been great. Everybody’s been pulling together and helping each other out.”
A portion of 13 Mile Road between Southfield and Evergreen remains closed due to a snapped power line.
The Trail at Beverly Park is temporarily closed because downed trees and limbs are scattered across the park.
“As soon as the storm happened, we had crews out and about assessing the damage starting to clear the roads. Thereafter, DTE was there a couple of hours after starting to assess the damage,” said Village Manager Jeff Campbell.
Village leaders said that weather permitting, DTE anticipates restoring power to almost all residents by Saturday. At least 100 power crews are in the area.
“We just basically lost limbs here and there. That’s it for us. We got lucky,” said resident Bill Donnelly.
Under the state of emergency, cars cannot park on the street to help crews access power lines and trees safely.
In the coming days, the village will determine how much the state and federal government can contribute to cleanup costs.
Detroit, MI
Severe Storms Can Hit Detroit Area Friday: MI Weather
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SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — Another round of severe thunderstorms is expected to hit southeastern Michigan on Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
Forecasters warned the storms could cross the Detroit area sometime between 2 and 10 p.m. Friday when high temperatures reach the low 90s across the region.
The storms can produce heavy downpours causing localized flooding, frequent lightning and strong wind gusts reaching up to 60 miles per hour, according to the weather service.
Areas south of Interstate 69 are at greater risk for thunderstorms Friday afternoon, according to the weather service.
An air quality advisory for elevated ozone levels is also in effect today for Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne counties Friday. Officials recommend avoiding strenuous outdoor activities, using gasoline powered lawn equipment and refueling vehicles.
Nearly 20,000 DTE customers in the metro Detroit area were still without power Friday morning after storms swept through the area the last two days.
More storms are expected to move across southeastern Michigan on Saturday when temperatures again reach 90 degrees in the region, according to the weather service.
Rain showers should stick around through Sunday morning across southeastern Michigan, before fading away in the afternoon hours when highs fall back into the 80s with less humidity, according to the weather service.
Here is the extended National Weather Service’s forecast for southeastern Michigan:
Friday: Storms; High 90, Low 73
Saturday: Storms; High 95, Low 74
Sunday: Showers; High 86, Low 65
Monday: Sunny; High 85, Low 65
Tuesday: Sunny; High 91, Low 70
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