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Families living without water, heat, elevators in Detroit apartment building reach out for help
Read full article: Families living without water, heat, elevators in Detroit apartment building reach out for helpPeople living in an apartment complex on Porter Street in Detroit reached out to Help Me Hank after living without water, heat or elevators.
Michigan restaurants prepare for winter amid COVID-19 pandemic
Read full article: Michigan restaurants prepare for winter amid COVID-19 pandemicDETROIT โ Autumn is here and that means -- among other things -- winter is coming. The coming colder temperatures could be tough on local restaurants who have relied on outdoor patio seating to survive the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. โThat was the right at the beginning of the recession,โ said owner Greg Mudge. Just down Porter Street, at Batch Brewing Company, theyโre also adapting by transforming their parking lot into an outdoor biergarten. Weโre going to put a couple of tube heaters underneath it and then weโre going to particularly enclose it,โ Roginson said.
Mayor unveils plans to revitalize long-abandoned row houses in Southwest Detroit
Read full article: Mayor unveils plans to revitalize long-abandoned row houses in Southwest DetroitDETROIT Mayor Mike Duggan unveiled a plan Tuesday to revitalized the long-abandoned row houses on Porter Street in Southwest Detroit. The row houses are just around the corner from Western International High School. Lifelong resident Frank Apoloni said the neighborhood used to be exclusive. This is where all the rich people used to live.With an assist from the citys strategic neighborhood fund, the Murray Building is now set to become a 12-unit development. Theres a lot of people who want to live down here, but the places arent ready for them, Apoloni said.