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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan helps MiSide, state and local leaders break ground on the new Campbell Street Apartments in southwest Detroit.
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The Metro: Cutting the ribbon on new affordable housing in Southwest Detroit

Tia Graham, The Metro April 15, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. There are not enough affordable housing units in Detroit, but the...

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they won’t know for sure how much they were affected until the trees wake from their dormant period.
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Massive flooding in Southwest Detroit may have affected trees

Bre'Anna Tinsley April 9, 2025

The nonprofit Greening of Detroit says the severe flooding caused by a recent water main break in Southwest Detroit may...

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Mike Duggan shakes hands with a resident at a press conference in Southwest Detroit
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Detroit Evening Report: Southwest Detroit flood repair efforts to end soon

Bre'Anna Tinsley March 27, 2025

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced Thursday that over 90 percent of the families displaced by the water main break and...

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Virginia Romano, CEO of the Dresner Foundation, at WDET Studios.
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The Metro: Dresner Community Center — Gilbert creates new home for nonprofits in Southwest

Tia Graham, The Metro March 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Southwest Detroit is a vibrant community that oftentimes gets overlooked as...

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Crews continue to work on the water main break in Southwest Detroit.
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The Metro: Repairing the broken water main in Southwest Detroit

The Metro, Sam Corey March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s been two weeks since streets and basements flooded on Beard...

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DWSD Director Gary Brown provides an update on response efforts to the water main break in Southwest Detroit, Feb. 19, 2025.
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Detroit Evening Report: Water main break repair in Southwest Detroit could take weeks

Bre'Anna Tinsley February 20, 2025

Detroit Water and Sewerage will begin repairing damage caused by the massive water main break in Southwest Detroit next week.Subscribe...

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A flood response team works to drain a street
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Detroit Evening Report: City works to repair flood damage in southwest Detroit

Sascha Raiyn February 18, 2025

Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover the aftermath of a massive water main break, warming centers open around the...

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The Clark Park Coalition hosted joint practices and scrimmages with youth hockey players from Hockey in Harlem, an outdoor youth hockey program in New York, over Martin Luther King Jr. Day-weekend.
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The Metro: Clark Park Coalition keeping ice hockey alive in southwest Detroit

The Metro, Tia Graham, John Filbrandt February 10, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. There’s a hidden gem in Southwest Detroit that's keeping hockey, ice...

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Detroit's Mexican Irish Festival is taking place from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at El Mercado.
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The Metro: Mexican Irish Festival celebrates cultural connections in Detroit

John Filbrandt October 11, 2024

There’s a long history of Irish and Mexican people blending together in North America and in Detroit specifically.  After a...

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The Detroit skyline from the Gordie Howe International Bridge, still under construction.
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The Metro: How is the Gordie Howe Bridge construction impacting residents?

John Filbrandt September 10, 2024

The Gordie Howe International Bridge is expected to be complete in 2025. The bridge is being built in Detroit’s Delray...

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Southwest Detroit’s annual Cinco de Mayo festival, “Fiesta Detroit,” is taking place Friday to Sunday, May 3-5, 2024.
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The Metro: Cinco de Mayo history and celebrations in Southwest Detroit

The Metro May 3, 2024

This Sunday is Cinco de Mayo, a day that commemorates a significant event in Mexican history. On May 5, 1862, the...

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Lydia Gutierrez (left), president of Hacienda Mexican Foods, at Donut Villa with Jeanette Pierce of the City Institute.
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Take a tour of Southwest Detroit for National Hispanic Heritage Month

Nargis Rahman October 2, 2023

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) the City Institute is hosting guided tours in Southwest Detroit...

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