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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.