Detroit building officials are waging a court fight to shut down a concrete crushing operation on the city’s west side that has been covering a majority Black neighborhood in dust. The city issued nearly 300 blight tickets to Grand Rapids-based Green Valley Properties over two years, according to a BridgeDetroit analysis of online city records. […]
Jena Brooker, BridgeDetroit
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Can Detroiters Afford More Dollar Stores?
This story was originally published by BridgeDetroit, a nonprofit news site that reports on America’s largest majority Black city. Sign up for their newsletter here. Trash strewn grass and parking lots, overgrown sidewalks, and messy interiors are mainstays at Detroit’s dollar stores. Consistently out of compliance with city blight requirements, dollar stores in Detroit from […]