Community

Michigan State Police troopers are collecting toy donations for the Vista Maria Foster Child Program.

The reopening is giving the city an opportunity to show off some of the widescale improvements made to the rec centers.

Detroit's Roosevelt Park is getting a makeover to help connect neighborhoods, including Mexicantown, to Michigan Central Station.

Detroit City Football Club supports and Ally raised $50,000 for the Ruth Ellis Center, which helps LGBTQ+ young people.

The Hazel Park farmer's market is every other Wednesday night.

The former Inkster home of civil rights activist Malcolm X is being restored into a museum.

The Destined for Greatness mentoring program at Detroit's Denby High School helps young women succeed.

The STEP Thrift Store in Wayne provides work experience to adults with disabilities.

Go! Ice Cream in Ypsilanti is supporting a charity that helps low-income Washtenaw County children and families with literacy.

A Detroit couple transformed their backyard and some overgrown lots into a sprawling park where kids can safely play and learn.

Blake's Hard Cider Co. and Carhartt have teamed up to donate trees to a Detroit nonprofit.

Community Health Corps provides Detroiters in need with resources.

Ferndale's LGBTQ+ community center, Affirmations, fully reopens next week.

Artists are needed for a public arts campaign to raise awareness for International Overdose Awareness Day and National Recovery Month.

Spring means more outdoor, socially distanced events are being planned across Metro Detroit.

Detroit, like many other cities, is starting to see growing stockpiles of vaccine doses, even as much of the state remains completely unprotected from COVID-19.

The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame doesn't have a city yet to call home. But early talks between the city of Inkster and its founding members could pave way for the institution to be built in the city.

The author of Madison Miles and Friends is a Detroit native with a love of reading that stretches back to her childhood. Now, her books tell the stories that parents missed out on growing up.

Six members of the DIA's board have resigned in protest of the museum's plan to keep its director on, despite allegations he contributed to a hostile work environment during his tenure at the head of the institution.