Our Morningside neighborhood signs have seen better days for sure, but it appears that new signs are finally on the way. According to a recent article by our friends at Bridge Detroit, new signs are coming to 60 neighborhoods across the city of Detroit.

In last month’s newsletter, we published photos of two of Grosse Pointe investor Blake Mikus’ blighted properties in Morningside. In response to that article, Blake attended our Blight Brigade meeting on June 22

East Warren Development Corporation broke ground last month on a new 10,000 sq. ft. public market that will house retail stores, a small grocery story, community space, a farmers’ market, and the offices of EWDC.

Our neighborhood is one of the first to have that opportunity - on Thursday, July 18 at 5:00 p.m. at the East Warren Farmers Market, 16835 E. Warren.

Morningside Community Organization and East English Village Neighborhood Association are co-hosting our second annual Summer Sizzler on Saturday, July 13 from 1-4 p.m. at Three Mile- Munich Park.

I found Bernadette Holloway engaged in one of her favorite pastimes recently – tending to her beautifully landscaped front yard on Courville St. She and her husband Ronald moved here 26 years ago from the west side.

One of the things the newly-formed Blight Brigade can do to combat blight in our community is to shine a light on some of the worst actors causing blight. Blake Mikus, an investor from Grosse Pointe, certainly deserves the dishonor of being our first inductee into our Hall of Shame.

A Moroccan restaurant, Saffron DaTwah, recipient of the Food Network’s “Chopped” award and two-time finalist for the prestigious James Beard Award, will open a second location in early 2025 at 16620 E. Warren.

Blight refers to visible eyesores like illegal dumping, trash containers left at curbside 24/7, cars parked on lawns, abandoned vehicles, rodent infestations, and derelict properties. The Morningside Blight Brigade was formed to find solutions to persistent neighborhood blight.