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05/22/2013 – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced today that Nathan Ford, Director of the City’s Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department (BSEED), has resigned his position and will end employment with the City on May 31. Raymond Scott, BSEED Deputy Director, will serve as the department’s Interim Director until a permanent replacement is selected.

5/20/2013 – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano announced today that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority a 2013 Brownfields Assessment Grant of $600,000.

05/17/2013 - Some City of Detroit offices will be closed on Monday, May 20 for budget-required furlough (BRF):

5/17/2013 - Volunteers are invited to join hundreds of others cleaning and beautifying neighborhoods throughout the central and southwest sides of Detroit on Saturday, May 18, as Motor City Makeover moves into its last weekend.

5/15/2013 - Please join Mayor Dave Bing for a district community meeting on Thursday, May 16, at 7 p.m. at St. Christopher & St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, located at 20750 W. McNichols Road.

5/15/2013 – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced today that AAA Michigan will donate $23,500 to the Detroit Public Safety Foundation to pay for the inspection of 20 aerial ladders and 4,600 feet of ground ladders used by the Detroit Fire Department (DFD). The gift is the latest in a recent series of recent corporate donations in support of the City of Detroit’s public safety operations.

05/14/2013 - "Let me first thank and commend Chief Chester Logan for his decades of service to the city. Chief Logan has selflessly returned from his well-deserved retirement to help lead the Detroit Police Department and we should all be grateful for that.

5/14/2013 - "I commend Mayor Bing for his service to the city of Detroit and its citizens. The work that he has begun has set Detroit on a path to achieve many of the goals necessary for the city to thrive.

05/13/2013 – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing made the following statement today at a press conference regarding Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr’s recently released Financial and Operating Plan:

5/3/2013 - The City of Detroit Buildings, Safety Engineering & Environmental Department (BSEED) has started the process to demolish the Arnold Home, the former retirement home built in 1931 on Seven Mile between Evergreen and the Southfield Freeway. The demolition of the large, blighted structure is expected to be complete by the end of August. A community meeting to explain the demolition process is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday, May 6 at Calvary Presbyterian Church, 19125 Greenview in Detroit.