Housing service providers in Metro Detroit have been in turmoil over the past month as the federal government has threatened massive changes to funding of services for people experiencing homelessness.
Since 2023, hundreds of Metro Detroiters have participated in the Huron-Clinton Metroparks' Trail Challenge, which incentivizes participants to visit all 13 Metroparks across five Southeastern Michigan counties.
Across the Metro Detroit area, innovators are finding new ways to develop the affordable housing that the community desperately needs.
The Pontiac-based Alliance for Housing has implemented new technology to better connect homeless services organizations, landlords, and people exiting homelessness.
Multiple efforts across the Metro Detroit area are creating non-motorized paths connecting the region's many parks.
Homelessness brings extra challenges for the many middle-aged and older adults who experience it in Oakland County.
We got an early tour of the new 22-acre Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park, which will open to the public on Oct. 25.
Parks have demonstrable positive impacts on local businesses, property values, tourism, environmental management costs, and even medical bills.
Oakland County is in the midst of a housing crisis, as rents rise and available housing supply dwindles, but at least some relief is on the way.
Immigrating from Bangladesh to Hamtramck, Nazma Begum had no friends, no English language skills, and no experience with outdoor activities. But all of that changed when she went on her first camping trip.
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