Detroit Works Community Meeting Schedule

WHY CHANGE? Most Detroiters feel strongly that we need to change, but what really happens if we don’t? What happens, for example, if we continue to lose 80,000 people in the next decade? Find out during the next round of meetings with the Detroit Works Project.

Come see what’s impacting neighborhoods across the city and give us ideas and information on what you’re already doing to make Detroit work. And, we’ll begin to give you some of the thoughts being discussed to help get us moving in the right direction – both short and long term.

If we all understand the issues and act together we can find the answers for the city.

The conversation topics will be the same for each meeting. Please join the session that’s closest and most convenient for you.

January 27, 2011, 6-8 PM
University Detroit Mercy – Student Center Ballroom
4001 W. McNichols Road

January 29, 2011, 10 AM–12 PM
Odd Fellows Hall
8701 W. Vernor Highway

January 31, 2011, 6-8 PM
IBEW Hall
1358 Abbott, 1 Blk. East of Trumbull

February 1, 2011, 6-8 PM
Focus: HOPE
1400 Oakman Blvd.

February 2, 2011, 6-8 PM
Coleman A. Young International Airport
11499 Conner Street

February 3, 2011, 6-8 PM
Brenda Scott Middle School
18440 Hoover Street

February 5, 2011, 10 AM–12 PM
American Serbian Hall
19940 Van Dyke St

February 14, 2011, 6-8 PM
Greater Marion Chapel
15120 Grand River Avenue

February 15, 2011, 6-8 PM
Greater Grace Temple
23500 W. Seven Mile Rd

February 16, 2011, 6-8 PM
NFL/YET – Boys & Girls Club – Dick & Sandy Dauch Campus
16500 Tireman Street

Space is limited. Doors will close once capacity is reached. All meetings are public, and may be taped and photographed. For additional information contact: detroitplan2010@detroitmi.gov

Mayor’s Advisory Task Force Meeting Tonight!

The Mayor’s Advisory Task Force Meeting is tonight, January 24, at 6 p.m. The meeting is being held at the Northwest Activities Center located on 18100 Meyers Road, Detroit, MI 48235.

TRU Annual Meeting: Welcoming Rapid Transit to Woodward and Beyond!

Transportation Riders United (TRU) is hosting its annual meeting on Tuesday, January 25 from 5:30pm – 8:00pm at the MSU Detroit Center. It is located on 3408 Woodward, Detroit, MI.

Help welcome light rail (back) to Woodward; construction could begin this fall! Come learn all the latest news plus ways you can help build critical community support to make it a success.

5:30pm – Taste of the Woodward Corridor
6:00pm – TRU Updates and Elections (member vote)
6:30pm – Welcoming Transit To Woodward Presentation
7:30pm – Volunteer sign-up

More info at http://www.DetroitTransit.org or 313-963-8872

VCDC Mural Celebration

Vanguard CDC in partnership with Community + Public Art Detroit is excited to announce the North End’s newest mural! Join us in celebrating the work of Nivek Monet, Pryncess Stylez, Katie Craig along with several North End Neighborhood youth on January 27th!

Public Forum on Bullying

On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, beginning at 2:30 p.m., the Michigan Civil Rights Commission will hold a regular business meeting in room L-150 of Cadillac Place in Detroit.

Those who wish to address the Commission on civil rights issues will have an opportunity to speak during the public comment period at the end of this meeting.

After the public meeting, the Commission will hold a public forum on bullying from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the same room. Cadillac Place is located at 3054 W. Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202.

During the public forum, the Commission will discuss and take public comment on bullying. A number of guest speakers with expertise on bullying and related issues will be present at the public forum. The general public is encouraged to attend the forum, especially those who wish to provide testimony on bullying to the Commission. Both written and verbal testimony will be accepted. If you would like to provide written testimony, please email it to millerj31@Michigan.gov before January 24. If you would like to attend and need an accommodation to do so, please contact Harold Core at 517/241-3986 or
coreh@michigan.gov.

Public parking is available across the street connected to the New Center Building, in the Lothrup Ramp and the Fisher Theater Ramp. Limited metered parking is available in the blocks surrounding the building. Additional parking is available in secure lots on West Grand
Boulevard. Additional public forums will be hosted by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, tentatively slated to take place in Grand Rapids and the Upper Peninsula later this year. Details will be shared at http://www.michigan.gov/mdcr once they are final.

For more information on the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, please visit http://www.michigan.gov/mdcr.

Click here to view flier: Public Forum on Bullying Flier

Emergency Urban Survival Community Meeting Tonight!