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We hope you all enjoyed happy holidays and are ready to get happy again at MCO’s first TGI Thursday of 2025. Share food and drinks and New Years’ resolutions with your eastside neighbors from 6-8 p.m. on February 6 at the Warren Café, 16314 E. Warren.

Morningside's 4th annual Holiday Lights Contest brought a dazzling display of festive cheer to the neighborhood this winter. Homes, businesses, and entire blocks transformed into winter wonderlands, resulting in over 30 nominations for our contest – many receiving multiple entries!

As unfortunate as this situation was, so many people have showed the power and importance of what community is all about.

If you’re a regular customer at Kroger, you can automatically make a donation to Morningside Community Organization every time you shop.

If you're on Facebook and live in Morningside, East English Village, or Cornerstone Village, consider joining our local “Buy Nothing” group - a grassroots initiative where neighbors share, give, and receive goods for free.

Our local library is pleased to offer great events in January and February.

You can help Morningside kids stay warm through the second annual “Share the Warmth” winter clothing drive. Morningside Café is collecting new or gently used winter coats, hats, gloves, and scarves for kids of any age until the end of this month.

After more than a year of trying to make changes to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Detroit Land Bank Authority and City Council, Council members were surprised to learn recently that their power to influence the operations of the DLBA, a quasi-governmental body, are limited.

One of the brightest lights at East English Village Preparatory Academy at Finney is 12th Grade graduating senior, Mr. Cartier Williams. Cartier has been the number one ranked student in the Class of 2025 since he entered The Ville in Fall of 2021.

In the quiet moments of reflection, amidst the tumultuous waves of grief, Carol Davis, owner of Davis Legacy, LLC, has hope to help others.

Diane Cottle, the driving force behind Genanscot Services, has provided Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) education on the Eastside for over 15 years. The recent transition to a revamped space at the corner of Warren and Buckingham marks a significant milestone.

If you know anyone who did lose a home to tax foreclosure, please let them know that they may be eligible for a substantial refund, thanks to rulings by the Michigan Supreme Court.

Many of you may be familiar with the welcoming space that Bethany Lutheran provides for our monthly meetings, but you may not know much about one of its key leaders: Pastor Bodley.

Investors, many from outside our city and state, have bought up to 20% of Detroit’s real estate and too often have done nothing with those properties.

If you have walked around the neighborhood recently, you may have noticed a few new additions to the blighted houses: signs from the Detroit Land Bank Authority stating that they own many of them.

North of East Warren, the passageway between Haverhill and Buckingham once represented the harsh reality of what many alleys in Detroit currently resemble: overgrown brush, endless litter, and numerous illegal activities.

Arts & Scraps is excited to offer free weekly programming designed to bring families together in a fun and relaxing environment.

It’s been more than seven years since Morningside residents approved a design for the Three Mile-Munich Park. Now the final piece of the design – a walking path that circles the four quadrants of the park - is being put into place by Wayne County workers.

Since its formation in 2008, the Detroit Land Bank Authority has had an outsized influence on neighborhoods like Morningside, where around 70 DLBA-owned houses account for many of our blighted properties.

Donyelle Pressley has brought us many heartwarming stories over the last few years for our Give a Smile feature. Now it’s her turn to be in the spotlight. Donyelle was just named Michigan Habitat for Humanity’s Homeowner of the Year.

I arrived at East English Preparatory Academy at Finney in October 2021 after a very well-publicized incident had taken place. I was immediately assigned to manage, mentor, and lead the 9th Grade Class. It was then that I met the diminutive 4’8” dynamo otherwise known as Jakare’a Sandridge.

For years it’s been the common wisdom among Detroiters that property tax dollars have promoted downtown development at the expense of the neighborhoods and general city services like parks and recreation, transportation, libraries, and schools. Now there’s hard data to back up that belief.

Following long-standing tradition, Morningside Community Organization will once again deck the halls on Tuesday, December 10 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church. You can expect good food, music, games, prizes, and of course, good cheer!

Since early spring, Gary and I have collaborated with the Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC) and a team of neighbors to design the Emerald Gardens Morningside of the Future.

The popular, proprietary citrus-honey blend, ready-to-drink tea is finding space in our local restaurants and java shops like Rob’s Deli, BeShroomed and Morningside Café.

This month, The Greening of Detroit brought a splash of green to the Morningside community, planting 92 beautiful new trees around Ronald Brown Academy!

Do you or your neighbors have amazing holiday decorations? Send in your nomination for Morningside’s 4th Annual Holiday Lights Contest.

There are some great events happening in November and December at the corner of Kensington and E Warren.

The weather couldn’t have been better, with sunny skies and perfect fall temperatures. Neighbors gathered to enjoy the seasonal festivities — donuts, hot cider, and plenty of fun for the kids.

Who has time to do research on the 21 candidates vying for three vacancies? That’s why we’re grateful to Chalkbeat Detroit, a news magazine covering education, for publishing a brief bio for each one to guide our decision-making.