D1 2016 YEAR END REVIEW BOOKLET

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D1 2016 YEAR END REVIEW


COUNCILMEMBER JAMES TATE

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Task Force on Black Male Engagement students

Task Force on Black Male EngagementOctober 31 School Welcome volunteers

Greetings D1 Neighbors and Friends,

As calendar year 2016 comes to a close, it is time again to re�ect on all of the year’s work and focus on goals for the upcoming New Year.

There have certainly been a number of challenges, both individually and collectively. But our community has also accomplished a great deal. Collaboration has led to a renewed spirit in our city that lets us know that we are heading in the right direction. Progress occurs sometimes at a slower pace than we would like, but if we remain steadfast in our intention to improve the lives of others (and not just our own lives), the delay just might prove being worth the wait.

I want to personally thank the residents of District 1 and the entire city of Detroit for allowing my team and me to serve you during this time of transition. Though there is still much more to do to ensure that our city services and policies are positively making an impact in the lives of all Detroiters, no positive change happens as a result of government alone. It happens when the people demand more from their elected leadership and hold them accountable. It happens when residents brainstorm creative new ideas and make connections that help communities ful�ll its vision. It happens when we all refuse to give up despite perceived setbacks.

I am not afraid to admit that I don’t have all of the answers, but with your tenacious advocacy and involvement there is no doubt that we will continue to help make District 1 be the place that we proudly call “Home” in Northwest Detroit.

D1 Dedicated Always,

Councilmember James E. Tate, Jr.,Detroit City Council, District 1

Councilmember Tate @ October TFBME School Welcome

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COUNCIL DISTRICT 1

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Beautiful Burt Road Block Club Greenview Block Club The Eye Community Association Miller Grove Radio Patrol14000 Lindsay Block Club Grand River/Greenfield Community Association Castle Rouge # 10 Radio Patrol Evergreen - Lahser 7/8 Community Council Northwest Alliance of Block Clubs Grandmont Patrol #4 Brightmoor Alliance Environmental Task Force Berg Lahser Community Association Avon Block Club Malvern Hill Oak Grove Block Club 2nd Precinct Community Meeting Whitcomb Ave Block Club United Neighborhood Block Club Association Brightmoor Arts Project Meeting Mansfield Block Club Edinborough Annchester Block Club Rosedale Park Improvement Association N. Rosedale Park #21 Radio Patrol Brightmoor Pastor Alliance Annchester-Clarita Block Club West Outer Drive Block Club Forrer Block ClubEdinborough Block Club Ashton Street Block Club Grandmont Community Association Plainview 8 Calvary Community Association Castle Rouge Civic Association Bethune Community Council Northwest Detroit Youth Coalition South of Six Mile Association Plainview Block ClubBerg Lahser Citizen #15 Radio Patrol Grandmont #1 Improvement Associat ion Neighbors Building Brightmoor North Rosedale Park Civic Association (NRPCA) Plainview Block Club Association Schoolcraft Improvement Association (SIA) Glastonbury Block Association Greater Sandhill West Evergreen Block Club Shiawassee Community Block Club Hessel Street Rainbow Community Block Club Brightmoor Community Alliance Residents Restoring Riverdale D1 Satellite Hours Grand Shaft Community Association Edinborough Westmoreland Road Block Club Ardmore Brookline #75 Radio Patrol Chippewa/Norfolk/Berg/Cherokee Block Club Association Riverdale Park Civic Association D1 Monthly Meeting Ardmore Fenkell Community Block Club Great Northwestern District Police Community Relations (6th & 8th Precinct) Bethune # 11 Radio PatrolOld Redford Business Association Motor City Blight Busters Crary St. Marys Community Council GRDC Belmont Community Council O’Hair Park Community Association (OPCA) Grandmont #1 Radio Patrol Neighborhood Safety Meeting SAD Task Force Westmoreland Warriors SIA Radio Patrol Lenore West Keeler Block Club Miller Grove Block Club Minock Park Block Club Present In BrightmoorShaftsbury Park Block Club Forrer Community Association Riverdale United With Brightmoor Northwest Brightmoor Renaissance Cadillac Area Community Council Biltmore Garden Block Club Kentfield Block Club Fenmore Street Block Club Mettetal Block Club Motor City Grounds CrewCrary St Mary #89 Radio Patrol Coffee With A Cop North Rosedale Park #21 Radio Patrol

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Listed above are the 90+ block clubs, neighborhood associations, radio patrol groups and police community relations meetings that gather and share information every month in District 1. Some, like the North Rosedale Park Community Association, have been around for 100 years. Others, like O’Hair Park Community Association, have three years under their belt. The goal of each of these groups is the same: to create a safe, beautiful and prosperous place to live, work and play.

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City Council District 1, or D1 as it’s a�ectionately known, is 18.73 square miles in size and is located in the farthest northwestern corner of the City of Detroit (its borders are visible on the map below). The latest U.S. Census data lists D1’s population at approximately 105,000 residents. The City of South�eld borders D1’s northern border and the City of Redford sits at its western border. City Council District 7 runs along the southern border and City Council District 2 runs along D1’s eastern edge.

D1 is home to two public libraries (Chaney Branch and Redford Branch), the state’s only Meijer retail store located within the boundaries of a residential neighborhood, the Historic Redford Theater, a wide variety of small businesses and the city’s only neighborhood owned and managed community house (North Rosedale Park Community House).

D1 MEETINGS

IT ETR DCouncilmember Tate’s o�ce hosts three standing community meetings every month within the boundaries of D1.

The D1 Monthly Meetings are held on 4th Saturdays. These meetings have an agenda full of speakers that always bring a substantial amount of information covering governmental, business and neighborhood news that a�ect the lives of attendees.

The D1 Satellite Hours are held on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Motor City Java & Tea House and is an open forum conversation. Ideas and concerns are shared in a “living room” setting at one of D1’s favorite local businesses with Councilmember Tate and D1 neighbors.

Additionally there are more than 90 community group meetings monthly in D1. These meetings are held by block clubs, neighborhood associations, radio patrol groups and police community relations organizations that work together to inform and unite all who have an interest in a safe and thriving city of Detroit.

In 2016 we also started a conversation on the issue of violence, speci�cally gun violence in the city of Detroit. The D1 Community Action Network (D1 C.A.N.) held several meetings in 2016 to address the topic and strive to �nd workable solutions that address both the symptoms that lead to gun violence and the aftermath of violent �rearm activity.

“This way to the D1 Monthly Meeting!”

D1 Community Action Network (D1 C.A.N.) Gun Violence Prevention Meeting

February 10, 2016

D1 Monthly Meeting

D1 Satellite Hours

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1. January: Coleman A. Young Elementary SchoolWayne County Treasurer, Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind & Visually Impaired, City of Detroit Animal Care & Control, D1 Foreclosure Prevention Workshop

2. February: Madison Carver AcademyGrow Detroit Young Talent, New 8th Pct. Building Update, Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Presentation

3. March: Old Redford Academy Middle SchoolCease�re Presentation, Accounting Aid Society,Regional Transit Authority of Southeastern Michigan 4. April: John R. King Performance Academy General Services Department Update, Michigan Community Resources , Medical Marijuana Update

5. May: The Auction BlockGreen�eld Trading Post, Habitat for Humanity ReStoreThe Auction Block, Hot Toppings, Sunny’s Menswear

6. June: Pure Word Missionary Baptist Church8th Precinct Updates, Detroit 67 Project, Making Strides against Breast Cancer, St John Mobile Mammography Unit

7. July: Living Bread Ministries, InternationalAnimal Husbandry, ioby Detroit, Regional Transportation Authority of Southeastern Michigan

8. October: Christian Fellowship of Love Baptist Church Life Challenge Ministries, Detroit Property ReappraisalsCommunity Bene�t Agreement/ Prop A & Prop B

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D1 MONTHLY MEETINGS PRESENTATIONS

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8D1 MONTHLY MEETING LOCATIONSThe map on the right shows the places where the D1 Monthly Meetings took place in 2016.

D1 Monthly Meeting - June 25, 2016 @ Pure Word Missionary Baptist Church

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D1 Satellite Hours

There was a wide-range of community events held throughout the year in District 1, with something for everyone. Events like the Motor City Makeover, National Night Out and Arise Detroit Neighborhoods Day had residents coming together citywide. Others like the Northwest Detroit Farmers Market, the Grandmont Arts & Craft Fair and the Glendale Gardens Jazz & Fish Fry happened exclusively in D1 neighborhoods.

Additionally, there were block parties, neighborhood clean ups, back-to-school events and community group holiday gatherings that helped to continue to build the strong sense of community that D1 possesses.

Among this year’s other community events were the music/performance art extravaganza, Sidewalk Festival; the D1/Team GM Cares sponsored Evergreen Beauti�cation Cleanup, which beauti�ed the appearance of abandoned properties along the Evergreen corridor; and the Di$cover D1 Art Crawl (see page 8 for more details on Di$cover D1).

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DI$COVER D1 ART CRAWL: NeighborWay, an art installation along a 5-mile path in Grandmont Rosedale; the Grand River WorkPlace Mural Project, where attendees voted on artwork for a future WorkPlace mural; the 43rd Annual Grandmont Rosedale Community Arts and Crafts Fair; and the 4th Annual Sidewalk Festival, a one of a kind event featuring performance art, music, dance, poetry and other visual artistry.

Ground breaking at new 8th Precinct siteJune 28, 2016

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D1 Satellite Hours

Art @ Brightmoor Artisan Kitchen

2016 NATIONAL NIGHT OUTThe annual campaign works to enhance the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement.

DPD’s 6 & 8 Precincts hosted the event which drew more than 600 D1 neighbors who enjoyed food, music and fun for all ages.

Pecan pie @ EL78 Thanksgiving Community Appreciation Dinner

ANGELS’ NIGHT IN DISTRICT 1 The annual three-day event drew more than 800 D1 neighbor volunteers who patrolled, turned on porch lights and watched vacant properties, keeping the number of �res in D1 at an all time low.

Over 150 volunteers from Team GM Cares, Motor City Grounds Crew, University of Michigan, the O�ce of Councilmember James Tate along with District 1 neighbors joined forces for three days in September to clean up debris, remove brush and otherwise beautify a four mile stretch of Evergreen Road.

EVERGREEN BEAUTIFICATION CLEANUP

• 90 properties (homes and vacant lots) cleaned• 27 abandoned dwellings and garages • 12 bus stop benches installed• Installed art boards & memorial garden

on vacant lots• Painted benches and picnic table in O’Hair Park

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The results:

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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Barbara McQuade, U.S. Attorney Eastern District of Michigan

@ 6 & 8 Precinct’s National Night Out - August 2, 2016

Di$cover D1 is the latest business growth tool engineered by the O�ce of Councilmember Tate, the Mayor’s O�ce of the City of Detroit, Prosper Us Detroit, Invest Detroit and Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation. Di$cover D1 evolved from the successful D1 Discount Days (the three-day local business initiative launched by Councilmember Tate’s o�ce in 2014).

Fueled by a generous competitive grant earned from the Knight Foundation, Di$cover D1’s primary focus is to grow local small businesses through neighborhood interaction and exposure.

A Flash Mob is described as a large group of people who gather at a public location to perform a pre-de�ned action and disperse rapidly after the event has concluded. In similar form, we kicked o� our Di$cover D1 Cash Flash series of events in 2016. The goal of the Cash Flash is the attract customers from throughout the district and beyond to a designated business during a pre-determined and promoted set time period.

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Neighbors Fueling Small Business Growth

CASH FLASH

2016 DI$COVER D1 CASH FLASH STATS

DATEApril 28May 25June 22July 30

BUSINESSScotty Simpson’s Fish & ChipsCrab House Ribs & Soul CafeDetroit Roller WheelsRedford Theatre

BUSINESS30% increase in revenue30% increase in revenue10% increase in revenue

# OF ATTENDEES485255262

NEW this year: The FIRST EVER D1 Business Directory. A booklet jam-packed with more than 620 local District 1 businesses and institutions. Shopping in the community has never been easier.

Facebook: @discoverd1

Di$cover D1 Business Canvassing volunteers July 13, 2016

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Initiated by Councilmembers James Tate and Andre Spivey and entering its 3rd year, the mission of the TFBME is to access individual and organizational resources committed to the exposure and development of Black males.

TFBME School Welcome: In 2016 during a series of school welcomes in District 1 over 250 volunteers gathered outside four schools to greet and encourage more than 2,500 students as they entered to begin their school day.

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Brightmoor Youth Garden at Brightmoor Artisan’s Farmer’s Market

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Our youth represent one of our greatest natural resources. They are the raw material that the future of our city will be built upon. We owe them every opportunity to learn, grow and prosper so they can reach their fullest potential.

TASK FORCE ON BLACK MALE ENGAGEMENT (TFBME):

TFBME School Welcome @ Old Redford Academy Elementary

All smiles at the TFBME School Welcome0n September 6, 2016

Farewell My FriendsIt was beautiful as long as it lasted

The journey of my life.

I have no regrets whatsoever

Save the pain I’ll leave behind.

Those dear hearts who love and care…

And the strings pulling at the heart and soul…

The strong arms that held me up

When my own strength let me down.

At every turning of my life I came across good friends,

Friends who stood by me,

Even when the time raced me by.

Farewell, farewell, my friends

I smile and bid you goodbye.

No, shed no tears for I need them not

All I need is your smile.

If you feel sad do think of me

For that’s what it’s like when you live in the hearts

Of those you love, remember then

You never die.

Gitanjali Ghei, poet (1961 – 1977)

Lionel TyroneSimmons, Sr.

O’Hair Park Community

Association

* Deborah Virgiles Photo courtesy of the Ronald McDonald House of Detroit

Grandmont 1Carol ThomasRobert TaylorClima Fields

Jacqueline Hunt

Jan OliverNeighbors Building

Brightmoor

O’Hair Park CommunityAssociation

Stefanie Fields BradleyNorris Walker

Tamika R. GoughMaurice Parker Mims

Richard CastilloNorth Rosedale Park

Civic Association

Malvern HillsNeighborhood

AssociationMichael Maingath

Neighbors BuildingBrightmoor

Frank Edward Wells

Marjorie S. Fisher Philanthropist and

Brightmoor Booster

Evergreen Lahser 7/8 Community Council

Lionel E. LittleTheotus T. Hollister

Edward E. DykesRobert Page Jr.

John Davis

Rosedale ParkImprovement

AssociationJoseph Pruchnik

Ilka LaPeerNeighbors Building

Brightmoor

Deborah VirgilesDistrict 1

McDonald’s Owner

Obie MooreBusiness Owner

(The Auction Block)

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We re�ect on the lives of some of our D1 neighbors who left us in 2016. We hope that fond memories of good times shared together and the knowledge of a life well-lived will �ll your days with a greater sense of peace.

West Outer Drive Block Club

Charles Harvell

Pastor Roy IsaacBushnell

Congregational Church

Plainview Block Club Association

Eddie Davis Mary Kim Jinks

Grandmont CommunityAssociation

Nathaniel Harris, Sr.

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To our D1 neighbors, our friends:

We thank you for being continuously D1 Dedicated in 2016 and we look for�ard to ser�ing and working with you in 2017.

-Team Tate

*Sta� photo by Glenn Kujansuu

Councilmember James Tate"Build character and discipline on the inside, and you'll be able to handle any goal or challenge on the outside."

- Ralph Marston

Edwina King“If you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything.”

- Unknown

DeAndree Watson“The ultimate measure of our success rests with the

security of our most vulnerable members.”- DeAndree Watson

Reginald Alexander "Be still and know that I am God."

- Psalm 46:10

Aaron Hall “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in

moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Angela Boyd “The energy you put into the universe is the

energy you get back in return.”- Unknown

TEAM TATE

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2016 District 1 Council Interns Aleanna Siacon & Loy Cohen

*Photo taken at Artist Village in D1










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D1 2016 YEAR END REVIEW BOOKLET