The Commons among Commerce Design Award recipients
A Detroit coffee shop / laundromat in the Islandview neighborhood is named one of the recipients of Design Core Detroit’s Commerce Design Awards.
One Detroit | ‘Reverse gentrification’ in Islandview
Islandview is a neighborhood on the verge of big change, especially when it comes to housing. Longtime residents are wary of being pushed out by high rents and new development. Joe Ventimiglia is trying a different developmental model. One Detroit Associate Producer has the story.
10/11/18: Warren Housing Insecurity / Governor’s Debate / Islandview Housing / WRCJ’S Chris Felcyn
Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Evicted: Poverty And Profit In The American City, revealed the city of Warren has one of the highest rates of court-ordered evictions in the nation. In this report from a WDET-FM community book discussion in Warren, Stephen talks with the audience about the reasons — and answers — for housing insecurity and poverty in Macomb County and the region.
One Detroit | Community Partner Feedback
The One Detroit team first met Pastor Barry Randolph during a community meeting facilitated by CDAD (Community Development Advocates of Detroit) at the Church of the Messiah in Detroit’s Islandview neighborhood where community members talked about issues critical to revitalization and development of the neighborhood.
7/26/18: Engler Testifies Before Congress / Lack of Detroit Hotels / Calley & Schuette / Silence the Violence
MSU Interim President John Engler testified before a Congressional subcommittee about the changes MSU has put in place to protect amateur athletes following the Larry Nassar abuse scandal. The MiWeek roundtable analyzes what Engler had to say and whether the changes at the University are enough. Plus, the NCAA says the main reason Detroit lost the bid for future men’s basketball Final Four games was because the city’s hotels did not have the capacity to house each of the four teams in its own hotel. How does the lack of large hotels impact future bids for large events? And as the Michigan Primary draws near, Republican candidate for governor, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, is verbally attacking front-runner Atty. Gen. Bill Schuette about how little time he has actually spent on the job over the past eight years.
One Detroit | The Commons
What does ‘neighboring’ look like in Detroit’s Islandview neighborhood? Christy McDonald reports.
7/19/18: Mich. Gubernatorial Primary / Howe Bridge / Islandview
Today the Detroit Journalism Cooperative posted interviews of the candidates. Check out the full interviews at MiWeek.org.
The MiWeek team discusses last-minute sparring and political attacks. Plus, a groundbreaking ceremony for the Gordie Howe International Bridge took place this week, the MiWeek talks about the economic impact for Detroit and Windsor. And a special report from the Detroit neighborhood of Islandview– visit The Commons coffee shop and laundry mat.
One Detroit | Raising Voices to Silence the Violence
The Church of the Messiah’s pews were packed this last Saturday morning in June. Pastor Barry Randolph prepared the crowd for the eleventh annual Silence the Violence march through Detroit’s east side Islandview neighborhood to fight gun deaths.
Detroit Public TV and Community Development Advocates of Detroit host community conversations to bolster neighborhood participation in the region’s journalism
Local residents share views about the problems and promise of their comeback city in Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund pilot program.
3/29/18: MSU Crisis Widens / Gun Debate / Headlines / Islandview
From MSU’s latest crisis to a debate over repealing the second amendment to pushing for regional transit. Plus, we head to Islandview in a One Detroit special report and hear some concerns, as that neighborhood changes. Episode 468