Nine murals and a towering obelisk from celebrated Detroit-based artist Hubert Massey are going up along the new Southfield City Centre shared-use trail along southbound Northwestern Highway on the campus of Lawrence Technological University.

An audacious new framework for trails along Michigan's SE coast could lead to major changes to Macomb County's greenway and blueway infrastructure.

As organizations, we cannot do all of the things, even if we feel compelled to," says Desirae Simmons, co-director of the Interfaith Council on Peace and Justice. "And we don't want these areas of work to be moving without one another because that diminishes power and impact, and can make it feel like we have different goals, which is not true. So how do we stack solutions to the issues we’re trying to solve so that we can have a wider coalition and move multiple things at one time?"  

Residents of Southfield are invited to shape the direction of the city’s forthcoming Five-Year Parks & Recreation Master Plan, currently in development. The city is soliciting residents’ input via survey and two community open houses.

It's widely known that COVID-19 has caused a huge surge in park usage and outdoor activity, but what does that renewed interest in the outdoors mean for the future of Southeast Michigan's parks?

Many of our grandparents express how this program's given them a much needed sense of community, says Lisa Grodsky, program operations manager at Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency, and helped them to feel supported and happy knowing they aren't alone.

The 1,300 refugees coming to Michigan are more Afghan refugees than the state has resettled in the past 10 years. Assimilating to a new life is not easy, but Samaritas and its partners have plans in place to help refugees build a new life in the Metro Detroit community.

The first-ever Macomb County Pride festival is scheduled for this weekend, taking place Friday, Oct. 15, through Sunday, Oct. 17, in downtown Mt. Clemens.