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Nine-Year-Old Detroit Fashion Designer Captures Big Company's Attention

A budding fashion designer from Detroit has captured the attention of the major toy company Mattel. Nine-year-old Neveah Woods has been designing and making clothes for her dolls since the age of five and has since transformed her hobby into a business. Woods would make doll clothes out of household items like ribbons and socks to coordinate her dolls’ outfits… 

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Lafayette Greens Urban Garden – The Greening of Detroit

A few weeks ago my cousin and her family came to Michigan.  We spent a few days exploring Detroit.  We at lunch at one of the famous Coney Island restaurants. Then we happened upon the Lafayette Greens Urban Garden.  The urban garden and green space is located at 132 West Lafayette. It is situated right off Michigan, Shelby, and Lafayette,…