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Detroit City Council redistricting guide - BridgeDetroit
Jan 11, 2024 · Detroit’s seven City Council districts will be redrawn in less than a month, creating new political boundaries for the next decade.. The City Planning Commission released six options for new districts based on 2020 U.S. Census population estimates. A special session to discuss the options is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Jan. 16.
Newly elected Detroit school board members share top priorities
Nov 10, 2022 · Newly elected Detroit school board members share top priorities. by Arielle Hines November 10, 2022 4:07 pm. (Clockwise from left) DPSCD school board candidates Latrice McClendon, Iris Taylor, Carlotta Vaughn, and Angelique Peterson-Mayberry. (Courtesy of Latrice McClendon, Iris Taylor, Angelique Peterson-Mayberry, and Corletta Vaughn)
Land bank home renovation program leaves half of buyers with …
Apr 28, 2023 · Thousands of people who bought “extremely blighted” properties through a land bank program designed to reduce barriers to homeownership now owe a combined $7 million in delinquent property tax debt. Half of all homes purchased through the Detroit Land Bank Authority’s Own It Now program between 2015 and 2021 owe $250 or more in delinquent ...
Detroit’s population slide challenges vision of revitalization
May 30, 2023 · New U.S. Census Bureau data is calling attention to challenges holding back Detroit’s growth ahead of an annual gathering of business and political leaders where population decline is expected to be a major theme. Estimates released in May show Detroit lost 7,791 residents from 2021 to 2022, dropping to 620,373 total.
As Detroit’s population keeps falling, how did we get here?
August 2021 — Detroit’s population dropped by 74,000 residents, or 10.5 percent, since 2010, according to the 2020 Census. The loss of Black residents in the still majority-Black city was deep, with 93,361 fewer African-Americans compared to 2010. There was growth in the white, Latino and Asian populations.
Getting to know the first Black woman on Michigan’s Supreme Court
Dec 29, 2022 · In college, Kyra Harris Bolden, the Michigan Supreme Court’s first Black woman justice, had plans to become a psychologist. But while studying at Grand Valley State University, her grandmother shared the story of her family’s history, changing Bolden’s entire trajectory. In 1939, Bolden’s great-grandfather, Jesse Bond, was lynched in ...
Why we live in Detroit, and why we won’t leave - BridgeDetroit
Aug 23, 2021 · Initial 2020 census data show a decline in Detroit’s population over the past 10 years, with a 9 percent uptick in white residents and an almost 16 percent decrease in Black residents. Many Detroiters, and Mayor Mike Duggan, refute the new data, citing an abnormal count during a global pandemic. The low count will mean the loss of a ...
Detroit schools are struggling with enrollment. Here’s what they’re ...
Sep 20, 2023 · Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said this month that about 51,600 K-12 students were enrolled in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, a decline from about 52,300 enrolled at the same time last year, and roughly 53,000 at the start of 2021-22.. The exodus of students during and since the pandemic underscores the need for the district’s continued focus on strategies to boost enrollment ...
Resources for Detroiters behind on property taxes: What to know
Jul 19, 2023 · How to get help. The Detroit Taxpayer Resource Fair will take place at 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Heilmann Recreation Center at 19601 Brock Avenue in Detroit. For more information, email the Detroit Taxpayer Service Center at [email protected]. Homeowners should have their address and parcel number ready to share.