- Previous pace was 700 annually; Detroit now a national leader in replacing lead service lines
- Added work creating opportunity for Detroiters as DWSD hires contractors and more city crews
- DWSD has quickly ramped up pace, now replaci
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DWSD scales up lead service line replacement to 8,000 per year, thanks to $85M in EGLE grants
Motor City Match’s Round 26 awards help launch new businesses in 17 Detroit neighborhoods
- Nearly $1 million in grants awarded to 18 new businesses at Round 26 Awards ceremony.
- New Detroit ventures include a neighborhood grocery market, reflexology center, virtual reality center and Detroit’s first premier rage room.
- In Round 26, 83% are minorit
Mayor, partners celebrate 10,000th pathway to opportunity created through Project Clean Slate
- Program has expunged 10,000 convictions since Mayor Duggan created innovative program in 2016
- Project Clean Slate has changed thousands of Detroiters’ lives by removing barrier to opportunity that had existed for many for decades
From Vacant to Vibrant: City activates block in G/7 Strategic Neighborhood Fund area to showcase corridor’s potential
- Activation along Gratiot near East McNichols includes local vendors, community gathering space, activities and more to showcase long-term potential
- Site will be available for use throughout the summer as a community gathering spot and small business incubat
City, community groups and business partners launch recruitment drive for Motor City Makeover
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Citywide annual cleanup and beautification effort set for Saturdays in May
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Beautification efforts now include distribution of trees, along with flowers
Detroit Ace joins Detroit Public Schools Community District and key organizations announce “An Evening of Fine Arts" at Fox Theatre on May 15
Mayor, Detroit ACE and Ford Foundation announce jessica Care moore as new Detroit Poet Laureate
- Nationally renown poet and author will join the City’s First Official Historian to share the richness of the City’s culture, literary and historic genius
- Position of Poet Laureate made possible through the generosity of the Ford Foundation
DWSD Director Gary Brown attends The White House Water Summit; Detroit signs on with Great Lakes Lead Pipes Partnership
- Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) Director Gary Brown was acknowledged in Wahington D.C.