Grandmont Rosedale Vacant Property Newsletter

Grandmont Rosedale
Vacant Property Newsletter
Your Neighborhood
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Representatives
North Rosedale Park:
Clarenda Webb
(313) 313.330.7844
Vacant Property Task Force puts funds raised to use
Grandmont Rosedale Vacant
Property Task Force members
have worked hard over the past
year to raise money for vacant
property maintenance. This year
the group was able to raise over
$2500. Split evenly between the
five Grandmont Rosedale
neighborhoods, each neighborhood now has over $500 to
spend on vacant property main-
Rosedale Park:
GRDC
313.387.4732
Minock Park:
Ken Wolfe
313.255.5776
Grandmont:
Diane Patterson
313.836.3736
Grandmont #1:
tenance this year. Task Force
members will spend their budget
on mowing grass at vacant properties, securing properties open
to trespass or any number of
other activities related to vacant
property maintenance.
To learn more about the funds
available and properties targeted
for maintenance, be sure to contact your neighborhood Vacant
Property Task Force representative:
North Rosedale Park:
Clarenda Webb
(313) 313.330.7844
Rosedale Park:
GRDC
313.387.4732
Minock Park:
Ken Wolfe
313.255.5776
Harold Harris
Grandmont:
313.272.9165 or
Diane Patterson
Jerry Anderson
313.836.3736
313.836.2389
Grandmont #1:
Harold Harris
313.272.9165 or
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Jerry Anderson
313.836.2389
PATCH Contest
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Trash Talkin’
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Get Involved
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Left: Before and after photos of
a property that was mowed
using Vacant Property Task
Force funds.
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Grandmont Rosedale community enters into PATCH contest
Two community groups entered
into the newly established citywide contest known as PATCH.
The PATCH contest was established to inspire community
groups to clean up structurefree vacant lots in order to help
beautify the City of Detroit and
to encourage residents to turn
vacant lot into productive
“green” spaces. The rules of the
contest were simple—clean-up
a structure free lot and submit
before and after pictures. One
winner will be selected to win
$2500. In the Grandmont Rosedale community two groups
including the Grandmont #1
Improvement Association and
the Grandmont Rosedale Devel-
GRANDMONT
ROSEDALE
opment Corporation (GRDC)
participated in the contest that
closed on June 16. The groups
are now awaiting the announcement of the winner.
VACANT
PROPERTY
Below: Pictures from both of
the PATCH contest clean-ups.
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Trash Talkin’ Kick Off is a Smashing Success
Nearly 30 volunteers from the
Grandmont Rosedale community came out to kick-off the
Trash Talkin’ events—twice
monthly get togethers for coffee & clean-ups as part of the
Grandmont Rosedale: Love
Where You Live anti-litter campaign. Volunteers met at Always Brewing Detroit for a free
cup of coffee and to grab cleanup supplies. They were joined
by Detroit-based rapper, Black
Tear, who performed an original piece about the anti-litter
initiative. Following the performance, the volunteers
headed to a vacant property in
Minock Park and cleaned up an
alley for about 45 minutes. The
group removed about two truck
loads of garbage and yard
waste from the alley.
The next Trash Talkin’ event will
take place at 9 am on Saturday,
July 13 at Just a Bit Eclectic, a
newly opened Tea Shop on
McNichols & Sunderland. Volunteers will receive a free cup
of tea and will then venture out
to a clean-up site en force.
Above: Volunteers clean-up a
vacant lot.
Right: Black Tear performs at
the Trash Talkin’ kick off.
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VACANT
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Report vacant
properties & squatters
Do you have any vacant houses on your
block? Do you suspect squatters may be
occupying a vacant house on your block? If
so, please contact your Vacant Property
Task Force representative. Please note: we
use this information to track the vacancies in
the Grandmont Rosedale community, however, we do not have any funding sources
for vacant property maintenance at this time.
Grandmont: Diane Patterson 313.836.3736
Grandmont #1: Harold Harris 313.272.9165
Minock Park: Ken Wolfe 313.255.5776
North Rosedale Park: Clarenda Webb
313.330.7844
Rosedale Park: GRDC Vacant Property
Hotline 313.387.4732, ext. 117
You may also email
[email protected]
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Share your photos & stories
We’re always looking for more content to add to our Vacant
Property Program Newsletter. Please e-mail Becki Kenderes
at [email protected] if you have a photos or
stories about vacant properties that you’d like to share with others.
Keep us in mind as you volunteer in the community and remember to take pictures of your hard work. You can also share
your stories on the new neighborhood website:
www.mygrandmontrosedale.org!
Contact Us
Phone—313.387.4732, ext. 117
Email— [email protected]
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