City of Detroit
Recent News About City of Detroit
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Mayor Duggan, Southwest Solutions celebrate renovation of 2 buildings preserving 40 rehabbed affordable housing units
Mayor Mike Duggan joined Southwest Solutions today to celebrate the completion of the top-to-bottom renovations of two historic apartment buildings, which will offer a combined 40 units of deeply affordable housing in Southwest Detroit.
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Construction of new $6.6M combination animal control HQ and shelter to begin in January
City officials today announced an updated timeline for a new, state-of-the-art animal shelter and office building for Detroit Animal Care and Control (DACC).
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City selects United Community Housing Coalition to manage Eviction Defense services to renters
The City of Detroit is planning to enter a contract with a deeply trusted community-based housing rights organization to manage intake and referrals for legal defense for Detroiters facing eviction, Mayor Mike Duggan announced today.
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Detroit ACE to host “How to Be a Mural Hunter” Online Meeting This Thursday
Detroit ACE will host an informative online meeting 6PM Thursday, November 17 for experienced and amateur photographers to sign up to be mural hunters and contribute to the City’s growing mural map.
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DDOT announces new transit hub location as work on new State Fair Transit Center continues
The City of Detroit and the Detroit Department of Transportation announced Friday the next step toward completion of the new State Fair Transit Center, as construction on a temporary road will begin Monday, Nov. 7, to connect Woodward Avenue to the new center.
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Detroit City Clerk to Hold General Election News Conference Nov. 3
Detroit City Clerk Janice M. Winfrey will hold a news conference on Thursday, Nov. 3 to discuss the upcoming General Election
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Joe Louis Greenway Planning Process Receives National Award for Inclusion & Diversity
The City of Detroit’s planning efforts for the massive Joe Louis Greenway has received national recognition from the American Planning Association for its efforts to put diversity and inclusion at the forefront of this transformational project.
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City of Detroit To Celebrate City Historian’s Anniversary with First Annual Detroit History Lecture
The City’s first Official Historian, Jamon Jordan, will give his first annual lecture at Gordon Park, at the corner of Rosa Parks and Clairmont, the site of where the ’67 rebellion began.
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Mayor Duggan, Rep. Tlaib and CP Sheffield help celebrate new $16M Ruth Ellis Clairmount Center for LGBTQ+ youth
Mayor Mike Duggan, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and Council President Mary Sheffield joined developers, Henry Ford Health and the community today to officially open the new Ruth Ellis Clairmount Center in Detroit’s Piety Hill neighborhood.
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Mayor Duggan, developers celebrate opening of Midtown's Woodward West, featuring affordable housing, new retailers
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, City of Detroit officials and project developers Queen Lillian and The Platform officially cut the ribbon on Woodward West today, a $60 million, new construction mixed-use flagship development in Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood.
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Department of Neighborhoods, Property Assessment Board to host Healthy Home Resource Day for Detroit residents
Detroit homeowners will learn more about saving money on their utilities, water affordability plans, home repair programs and how to reduce their taxes at the Healthy Home Resource Day at Spirit Plaza on Tuesday, Sept. 27 from 11AM to 4PM.
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Detroit ACE joins celebration of 3rd annual Detroit Black Film Festival
Detroit ACE is proud to partner with the Detroit Black Film Festival (DBFF) on the 3rd Annual Detroit Black Film Festival (DBFF), presented by the Ford Foundation.
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Health Department Providing New Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine & New Bivalent Boosters
The Detroit Health Department is now providing the Novavax two-dose COVID-19 vaccine to ages 12+ as well as the new bivalent booster doses (Pfizer version for ages 12+ and Moderna version for ages 18+) following Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S.
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Motor City Match awards first-ever $1 million round of grants
Mayor Mike Duggan and Motor City Match celebrated the program’s Round 20 awards, which include 20 grants totaling $1 million dollars to entrepreneurs looking to bring their dream of opening a business in Detroit a reality.
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U of M Forecast shows Detroit’s economy holding steady in face of national economic headwinds
he Detroit Economic Outlook for 2021-2027 released this week shows the City’s economy holding up in the face of national economic headwinds, as development projects in Detroit and pent-up demand in the auto industry prove to be major drivers in the City’s ongoing economic recovery.
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Historic Marlborough Apartments reopens its doors in Jefferson Chalmers for the first time in 40 years
East Jefferson Development Corporation (EJDevCO) — a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferson East Inc. (JEI) — was joined today by Mayor Mike Duggan
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City donates 500 decommissioned computers to be refurbished and provided to Detroit families
Hundreds of City government computers recently replaced for newer models will be completely refurbished and distributed for free to Detroit families in need of technology and access to the Internet, thanks to a partnership between the City and nonprofit human-I-T.
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Mayor Duggan, state lawmakers announce $15M boost to Renew Detroit low-income home repair program
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, along with state lawmakers and housing officials, celebrated today $15 million in additional funding for the Renew Detroit program
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$40M Detroit Water and Sewerage Department project to increase capacity in the local and regional sewer system
Today, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) Director Gary Brown and Councilman Fred Durhal, III announced the groundbreaking of a five-year, $40 million project that redirects rainwater and snowmelt from a westside neighborhood into two new detention basins, as well as provides other neighborhood improvements.
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City completes last of 174 retrofits of Southwest Detroit homes to protect them from Gordie Howe bridge impacts
Bridging Neighborhoods, a first-of-its-kind program designed to support southwest Detroit residents living near the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, has completed major upgrades to 174 homes, fulfilling the city’s commitment to protect them from the environmental impacts of the new span when it opens.