Welcome to Morningside!

In this month’s Curb Appeal feature we are highlighting one homeowner that is beautifying Berkshire Street one interesting plant at a time.

After 28 years of service to the Detroit Police Department, Officer Maxey was given a fine send-off on August 13 at the AB Ford Park Community Center.

Investor and general contractor Steve Manning has strong ties and a long history in Morningside.

Gary Gray, who had served as her Chief of Staff for more than four years, took a well-earned retirement to pursue other projects. George Adams Jr. will take over that position.

Our next community dinner will be Thursday, September 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome!

Is there any resident who doesn’t think their electricity costs too much and that the utility companies are taking advantage of us to enhance their profits? Probably not.

When Tabitha Mendez moved to her house on Courville eleven years ago, it was vacant and forlorn, like almost every other house around her.

Galavant Spirits, the neighborhood's newest distillery and take out food spot, is in the final stages of construction and preparing for a soft opening in the coming weeks.

“Originally this mural was going to be named the ‘Morningside Love Letter,’ but after it came to fruition, I decided it would only be right to name it ‘Just An Eastside Girlie.’

Opened in 1927 in Grosse Pointe Park, the school has helped to educate scores of children.

In 2015, a simple idea took root: that Detroit families didn't need to be fixed; they needed to be resourced, trusted, and connected.

The city of Detroit has been working on developing a new Master Plan since February 2024 and is entering its final stage now. The last time we developed a plan of policies document was in 2009, during the Great Recession.

As city planners refine the latest Master Plan for the city, one of the resources they can use to determine Detroiters’ priorities is the Neighborhood Vitality Index (NVI).

This month we are featuring a home located on Three Mile, where the yard is turning neighbors’ heads as they go by. You would never guess that Victoria Dorsey, the owner of this beautiful yard, only moved in two and a half months ago!

At the last Morningside community meeting, we were introduced to Morningside TNR, a new organization whose primary focus is reducing cat over population in our area. TNR stands for trap, neuter, release, and that’s exactly what they do.

This is a chance to taste what our community is cooking and support the entrepreneurs who are building their food businesses through E. Warren Development Corp.

When J.E. Clark Preparatory Academy closed its doors after 100 years this spring, one of the biggest questions facing the Morningside community was simple: What will happen to the property?

Too many Americans don’t bother to vote in primary elections, out of a mistaken belief that only the general elections matter. But in districts heavily skewed toward only one party, like so many of ours are, whoever wins the primary will by default be the person who takes office.

The Rx Kids program, launched by Mayor Sheffield in February, builds on the success of the nation’s first communitywide prenatal and infant cash prescription program, started two years ago in Flint.