Build It Detroit is accelerating and expanding like never before!!
 
In the past couple months, 2 houses have been demolished and those lots are being cleared and eventually seeded.  This continuous blight removal makes the neighborhood safer each day!

November 9th is a day to keep in your calendar!  We will launch a new name, logo, print materials, etc. for Build It!!  More information including the exact time and location will come soon.

We are putting a new roof on one of our “character houses”!  Thanks to a generous donation, we will stop water from getting into a house that not only has great character but can be remodeled in the near future and become a home.
 
Keep your ears tuned for more exciting info and as always, if you want to get involved more, just ask!

Build It Detroit is very appreciative of the HCC congregation's response for volunteer help. As a result of your volunteer help, our neighborhood has seen a definite improvement, not only in appearance, but we have seen more and more residents showing a greater involvement in their own property.

For our 3rd year, Build It Detroit will conduct two neighborhood clean-ups. Mark you calendars for Saturdays June 3 and August 12. More info will follow.

All of you who are reading this article are probably fully aware of some very significant truths. We have an incredible Church with an incredible congregation. We are blessed with having a very giving, sacrificing, loyal group of people who can be called upon whenever the church has a specific need or task to perform.

I am referring to the outpouring of support that we felt on a Sunday in January when over 80 people volunteered to assist in this major project that Build It Detroit is embarking on. First, thank you to those over 80 people. You are aware that this is a big job ahead of us and we need your help. We hope nothing stands in your way of attending all of the meetings and accepting the responsibilities that will be divided among you. But secondly we need to give a big hearty thank you to those men and women who are always there to assist any way they can. We want to recognize them by name, knowing full well that we will probably overlook some names of people who helped in some way but escape our memory at this time. When you get a chance just say thank you to these wonderful people.

Our church can always count on Jim Berger, Chris Brown, Tanehesi Bean, Perry Perrault, Forrest Ward, Ralph Alcala, and numerous others who put together the AHP Project Expo that allowed so many of you to express your interest and volunteer your support. The women are always ready to help: Tracy Ward, Michelle Brown, Anne Berger, Linda King, Diana Glaab, Anna Alcala, Jazna Ealy, and a bunch of others who just jump in and help. All of them deserve a huge thank you.

For our third year, we will be participating in some neighborhood cleanup activities. In the past, we have clean streets cut wood, collect garbage, boarded houses, painted and anything else we can do to make the neighborhood look better. This year we will not be able to coordinate our activity with the city of Detroit Motor City Makeover, but we will be doing our own clean up most likely early in June. Also we will again do some neighborhood activity in August a week or two before our annual church picnic. The exact dates and times will be available soon, but we just wanted you to be aware of some future activities.