Detroit Historical Society | Northwest Detroit Hustles – Untold Detroit: The Hustle – Episode 5 @DetroitHistoricalSociety | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
For a hundred years, Detroiters have been proud to call Northwest Detroit home. From shopping
along Grand River to hiking in Rouge Park, Northwest Detroit has something to offer everyone.
But as Detroit fell on hard times, so did these neighborhoods. Listen to community developer
John George of Detroit Blight Busters, JeNiece Freeman-Holt of Grandmont-Rosedale
Development Corporation, and illustrator Sherrie Savage, owner of Naturally ILLustrated share
how Northwest Detroit is bouncing back and building for the next generation.
John George is the co-founder of Detroit Blight Busters, a nonprofit community development
group founded to push back against neighborhood decay.

For more information on Detroit Blight Busters, visit detroitblightbusters.org

JeNiece Freeman-Holt is the Manager of the Grand River Workplace, the Grandmont-Rosedale
Development Corporation’s small business incubator.

For more information on the Grand River Workplace, visit grandriverworkplace.com/index?&v=latest

For more information on the Grandmont-Rosedale Development Corporation, please visit grandmontrosedale.com

Sherrie Savage is an illustrator and owner of Naturally ILLustrated and the Coloring Museum.

For more information on Naturally ILLustrated and the Coloring Museum, please visit naturallyill.com


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