SDBA Spring Clean-up – Success!

I want to thank everyone who came out to the Spring Clean-up event that I’ve been planning all semester.  I was so impressed with all that we were able to accomplish!  We seriously made-over about 15 abandoned/vacant homes and residential properties in Southwest Detroit.  There were approximately 60 volunteers in 3 different neighborhoods in Southwest [...]

Taking on Blight in Southwest Detroit

As part of my internship at Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA), I am organizing a neighborhood clean-up event.  The event will be using funds obtained from a Community and Property Preservation (CAPP) grant to board and bolt vacant and abandoned homes, paint over graffiti, landscape vacant lots, post signs, and clean up illegal dumping in Southwest [...]