- Posted October 23, 2012
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Volunteers hope to board up 150 vacant houses
DETROIT (AP) -- About 150 vacant houses on Detroit's west side are expected to get boarded up as part of a project to improve life in the city and make neighborhoods safer for young people.
The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries says it will join city workers, Mayor Dave Bing's office, the Detroit Public Schools and other volunteers Saturday in securing the houses near Cody High School.
The project is part of "Make a Difference Day." More than 400 volunteers are expected to help.
Detroit Schools emergency financial manager Roy Roberts says "safety is one of the biggest concerns" for students and their families and that "not having a safe route to school can be a major barrier to improving student achievement."
Detroit has an estimated 30,000 or more vacant houses and buildings.
Published: Tue, Oct 23, 2012
headlines Oakland County
- Oakland County clerk/register brings services to Highland Township and surrounding areas with June 4 local office visit
- Whitmer announces Wayne, Oakland, Macomb commit to expand Project DIAMOnD, calls for statewide expansion of “infrastructure for innovation”
- Oakland County completes work for first RainSmart resident
- Annual Meeting
- Podcast explores ‘Putting AI to the Test for Legal Services’
headlines National
- This Los Angeles lawyer found her calling as a death doula
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Artificial intelligence tools for brief writing and analysis are a small firm litigator’s new best friend
- Baker McKenzie partner drops suit seeking IRS documents on partnership scrutiny
- Family members sue networks after learning of loved ones’ deaths by seeing bodies on TV
- Ex-BigLaw attorney once ‘consumed with remorse’ over $10M client theft sentenced in new scheme