D1 2016 YEAR END REVIEW BOOKLET

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D1 2016 YEAR END REVIEW

COUNCILMEMBER JAMES TATE
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Task Force on Black Male Engagement students
Task Force on Black Male Engagement
October 31 School Welcome volunteers
Greetings D1 Neighbors and Friends,
As calendar year 2016 comes to a close, it is time again to reflect on all of the
year’s work and focus on goals for the upcoming New Year.
There have certainly been a number of challenges, both individually and
collectively. But our community has also accomplished a great deal. Collaboration
has led to a renewed spirit in our city that lets us know that we are heading in the
right direction. Progress occurs sometimes at a slower pace than we would like,
but if we remain steadfast in our intention to improve the lives of others (and not
just our own lives), the delay just might prove being worth the wait.
I want to personally thank the residents of District 1 and the entire city of Detroit
for allowing my team and me to serve you during this time of transition. Though
there is still much more to do to ensure that our city services and policies are
positively making an impact in the lives of all Detroiters, no positive change
happens as a result of government alone. It happens when the people demand
more from their elected leadership and hold them accountable. It happens when
residents brainstorm creative new ideas and make connections that help
communities fulfill its vision. It happens when we all refuse to give up despite
perceived setbacks.
I am not afraid to admit that I don’t have all of the answers, but with your
tenacious advocacy and involvement
there is no doubt that we will continue to
help make District 1 be the place that we
proudly call“Home”in Northwest Detroit.
D1 Dedicated Always,
Councilmember James E. Tate, Jr.,
Detroit City Council, District 1 Councilmember Tate @
October TFBME School Welcome
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COUNCIL DISTRICT 1
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Beautiful Burt Road Block Club Greenview Block Club The Eye Community Association Miller Grove Radio Patrol
14000 Lindsay Block Club Grand River/Greenfield Community Association Castle Rouge # 10 Radio Patrol
Evergreen - Lahser 7/8 Community Council Northwest Alliance of Block Clubs Grandmont Patrol #4
Brightmoor Alliance Environmental Task Force Berg Lahser Community Association Avon Block Club
Malvern Hill Oak Grove Block Club 2nd Precinct Community Meeting Whitcomb Ave Block Club
United Neighborhood Block Club Association Brightmoor Arts Project Meeting Mansfield Block Club
Edinborough Annchester Block Club Rosedale Park Improvement Association N. Rosedale Park #21 Radio Patrol
Brightmoor Pastor Alliance Annchester-Clarita Block Club West Outer Drive Block Club Forrer Block Club
Edinborough Block Club Ashton Street Block Club Grandmont Community Association Plainview 8
Calvary Community Association Castle Rouge Civic Association Bethune Community Council
Northwest Detroit Youth Coalition South of Six Mile Association Plainview Block Club
Berg Lahser Citizen #15 Radio Patrol Grandmont #1 Improvement Association
Neighbors Building Brightmoor North Rosedale Park Civic Association (NRPCA)
Plainview Block Club Association Schoolcraft Improvement Association (SIA)
Glastonbury Block Association Greater Sandhill West Evergreen Block Club
Shiawassee Community Block Club Hessel Street Rainbow Community Block Club
Brightmoor Community Alliance Residents Restoring Riverdale D1 Satellite Hours
Grand Shaft Community Association Edinborough Westmoreland Road Block Club
Ardmore Brookline #75 Radio Patrol Chippewa/Norfolk/Berg/Cherokee Block Club Association
Riverdale Park Civic Association D1 Monthly Meeting Ardmore Fenkell Community Block Club
Great Northwestern District Police Community Relations (6th & 8th Precinct) Bethune # 11 Radio Patrol
Old Redford Business Association Motor City Blight Busters Crary St. Marys Community Council GRDC
Belmont Community Council O’Hair Park Community Association (OPCA) Grandmont #1 Radio Patrol
Neighborhood Safety Meeting SAD Task Force Westmoreland Warriors SIA Radio Patrol
Lenore West Keeler Block Club Miller Grove Block Club Minock Park Block Club Present In Brightmoor
Shaftsbury Park Block Club Forrer Community Association Riverdale United With Brightmoor
Northwest Brightmoor Renaissance Cadillac Area Community Council Biltmore Garden Block Club
Kentfield Block Club Fenmore Street Block Club Mettetal Block Club Motor City Grounds Crew
Crary St Mary #89 Radio Patrol Coffee With A Cop North Rosedale Park #21 Radio Patrol
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Listed above are the 90+ block clubs, neighborhood associations, radio
patrol groups and police community relations meetings that gather
and share information every month in District 1. Some, like the North
Rosedale Park Community Association, have been around for 100 years.
Others, like O’Hair Park Community Association, have three years under
their belt. The goal of each of these groups is the same: to create a safe,
beautiful and prosperous place to live, work and play.
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City Council District 1, or D1 as it’s affectionately known, is 18.73
square miles in size and is located in the farthest northwestern corner
of the City of Detroit (its borders are visible on the map below). The
latest U.S. Census data lists D1’s population at approximately 105,000
residents. The City of Southfield borders D1’s northern border and the
City of Redford sits at its western border. City Council District 7 runs
along the southern border and City Council District 2 runs along D1’s
eastern edge.
D1 is home to two public libraries (Chaney Branch and Redford
Branch), the state’s only Meijer retail store located within the
boundaries of a residential neighborhood, the Historic Redford
Theater, a wide variety of small businesses and the city’s only
neighborhood owned and managed community house (North
Rosedale Park Community House).

D1 MEETINGS
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Councilmember Tate’s office hosts three standing community
meetings every month within the boundaries of D1.
The D1 Monthly Meetings are held on 4th Saturdays. These
meetings have an agenda full of speakers that always bring a
substantial amount of information covering governmental,
business and neighborhood news that affect the lives of
attendees.
The D1 Satellite Hours are held on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
at the Motor City Java & Tea House and is an open forum
conversation. Ideas and concerns are shared in a“living
room”setting at one of D1’s favorite local businesses with
Councilmember Tate and D1 neighbors.
Additionally there are more than 90 community group
meetings monthly in D1. These meetings are held by block
clubs, neighborhood associations, radio patrol groups and
police community relations organizations that work together
to inform and unite all who have an interest in a safe and
thriving city of Detroit.
In 2016 we also started a conversation on the issue of
violence, specifically gun violence in the city of Detroit. The
D1 Community Action Network (D1 C.A.N.) held several
meetings in 2016 to
address the topic and
strive to find workable
solutions that address
both the symptoms that
lead to gun violence and
the aftermath of violent
firearm activity.
“This way to the
D1 Monthly Meeting!”
D1 Community Action Network (D1 C.A.N.)
Gun Violence Prevention Meeting
February 10, 2016
D1 Monthly Meeting
D1 Satellite Hours
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1. January: Coleman A. Young Elementary School
Wayne County Treasurer, Greater Detroit Agency for the
Blind & Visually Impaired, City of Detroit Animal Care &
Control, D1 Foreclosure Prevention Workshop
2. February: Madison Carver Academy
Grow Detroit Young Talent, New 8th Pct. Building Update,
Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Presentation
3. March: Old Redford Academy Middle School
Ceasefire Presentation, Accounting Aid Society,
Regional Transit Authority of Southeastern Michigan
4. April: John R. King Performance Academy
General Services Department Update, Michigan Community
Resources , Medical Marijuana Update
5. May: The Auction Block
Greenfield Trading Post, Habitat for Humanity ReStore
The Auction Block, Hot Toppings, Sunny’s Menswear
6. June: Pure Word Missionary Baptist Church
8th Precinct Updates, Detroit 67 Project, Making Strides
against Breast Cancer, St John Mobile Mammography Unit
7. July: Living Bread Ministries, International
Animal Husbandry, ioby Detroit, Regional Transportation
Authority of Southeastern Michigan
8. October: Christian Fellowship of Love Baptist Church
Life Challenge Ministries, Detroit Property Reappraisals
Community Benefit Agreement/ Prop A & Prop B
D1 MEETINGS
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D1 MONTHLY MEETINGS PRESENTATIONS
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D1 MONTHLY MEETING LOCATIONS
The map on the right shows the places
where the D1 Monthly Meetings took
place in 2016.
D1 Monthly Meeting - June 25, 2016
@ Pure Word Missionary Baptist Church
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D1 Satellite Hours
There was a wide-range of community events held
throughout the year in District 1, with something for
everyone. Events like the Motor City Makeover,
National Night Out and Arise Detroit
Neighborhoods Day had residents coming together
citywide. Others like the Northwest Detroit Farmers
Market, the Grandmont Arts & Craft Fair and the
Glendale Gardens Jazz & Fish Fry happened
exclusively in D1 neighborhoods.
Additionally, there were block parties, neighborhood
clean ups, back-to-school events and community group
holiday gatherings that helped to continue to build the
strong sense of community that D1 possesses.
Among this year’s other community events were the
music/performance art extravaganza, Sidewalk
Festival; the D1/Team GM Cares sponsored Evergreen
Beautification Cleanup, which beautified the
appearance of abandoned properties along the
Evergreen corridor; and the Di$cover D1 Art Crawl (see
page 8 for more details on Di$cover D1).
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DI$COVER D1 ART CRAWL: NeighborWay, an art installation along a 5-mile
path in Grandmont Rosedale; the Grand River WorkPlace Mural Project, where
attendees voted on artwork for a future WorkPlace mural; the 43rd Annual
Grandmont Rosedale Community Arts and Crafts Fair; and the 4th Annual
Sidewalk Festival, a one of a kind event featuring performance art, music,
dance, poetry and other visual artistry.
Ground breaking at new 8th Precinct site
June 28, 2016
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D1 Satellite Hours
Art @ Brightmoor Artisan Kitchen
2016 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual campaign works
to enhance the relationship
between neighbors and law
enforcement.
DPD’s 6 & 8 Precincts hosted
the event which drew more
than 600 D1 neighbors who
enjoyed food, music and fun
for all ages.
Pecan
pie
@
EL78 Thanksgiving Community Appreciation Dinner
ANGELS’NIGHT IN DISTRICT 1
The annual three-day event drew
more than 800 D1 neighbor
volunteers who patrolled, turned
on porch lights and watched vacant
properties, keeping the number of
fires in D1 at an all time low.
Over 150 volunteers from Team GM Cares,
Motor City Grounds Crew, University of
Michigan, the Office of Councilmember
James Tate along with District 1 neighbors
joined forces for three days in September to
clean up debris, remove brush and
otherwise beautify a four mile stretch of
Evergreen Road.
EVERGREEN BEAUTIFICATION CLEANUP
• 90 properties (homes and vacant lots)
cleaned
• 27 abandoned dwellings and garages
• 12 bus stop benches installed
• Installed art boards & memorial garden
on vacant lots
• Painted benches and
picnic table in O’Hair Park
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The results:
boarded up
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and
Barbara McQuade, U.S. Attorney Eastern District of Michigan
@ 6 & 8 Precinct’s National Night Out - August 2, 2016

Di$cover D1 is the latest business growth tool
engineered by the Office of Councilmember Tate,
the Mayor’s Office of the City of Detroit, Prosper Us
Detroit, Invest Detroit and Grandmont Rosedale
Development Corporation. Di$cover D1 evolved
from the successful D1 Discount Days (the
three-day local business initiative launched by
Councilmember Tate’s office in 2014).
Fueled by a generous competitive grant earned
from the Knight Foundation, Di$cover D1’s primary
focus is to grow local small businesses through
neighborhood interaction and exposure.
A Flash Mob is described as a large group of people
who gather at a public location to perform a
pre-defined action and disperse rapidly after the
event has concluded. In similar form, we kicked off
our Di$cover D1 Cash Flash series of events in
2016. The goal of the Cash Flash is the attract
customers from throughout the district and beyond
to a designated business during a pre-determined
and promoted set time period.
DI$COVER D1
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Neighbors Fueling Small Business Growth
CASH FLASH
2016 DI$COVER D1 CASH FLASH STATS
DATE
April 28
May 25
June 22
July 30
BUSINESS
Scotty Simpson’s Fish & Chips
Crab House Ribs & Soul Cafe
Detroit Roller Wheels
Redford Theatre
BUSINESS
30% increase in revenue
# OF ATTENDEES
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NEW this year: The FIRST EVER D1 Business Directory. A booklet
jam-packed with more than 620 local District 1 businesses and
institutions. Shopping in the community has never been easier.
Facebook: @discoverd1
Di$cover D1 Business Canvassing volunteers
July 13, 2016
Website: www.discoverd1.com
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Initiated by Councilmembers James Tate and Andre
Spivey and entering its 3rd year, the mission of the
TFBME is to access individual and organizational
resources committed to the exposure and development
of Black males.
TFBME School Welcome:
In 2016 during a series of school welcomes in District 1
over 250 volunteers gathered outside four schools to
greet and encourage more than 2,500 students as they
entered to begin their school day.
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Brightmoor Youth Garden at
Brightmoor Artisan’s Farmer’s Market
D1 YOUTH
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Our youth represent one of our greatest natural
resources. They are the raw material that the
future of our city will be built upon.
We owe them every opportunity to learn, grow
and prosper so they can reach their fullest
potential.
TASK FORCE ON BLACK MALE
ENGAGEMENT (TFBME):
TFBME School Welcome @
Old Redford Academy Elementary
All smiles at the TFBME School Welcome
0n September 6, 2016

Farewell My Friends
It was beautiful as long as it lasted
The journey of my life.
I have no regrets whatsoever
Save the pain I’ll leave behind.
Those dear hearts who love and care…
And the strings pulling at the heart and soul…
The strong arms that held me up
When my own strength let me down.
At every turning of my life I came across good friends,
Friends who stood by me,
Even when the time raced me by.
Farewell, farewell, my friends
I smile and bid you goodbye.
No, shed no tears for I need them not
All I need is your smile.
If you feel sad do think of me
For that’s what it’s like when you live in the hearts
Of those you love, remember then
You never die.
Gitanjali Ghei, poet (1961 – 1977)
Lionel Tyrone
Simmons, Sr.
O’Hair Park Community
Association
* Deborah Virgiles Photo courtesy of the Ronald McDonald House of Detroit
Grandmont 1
Carol Thomas
Robert Taylor
Clima Fields
Jacqueline Hunt
Jan Oliver
Neighbors Building
Brightmoor
O’Hair Park Community
Association
Stefanie Fields Bradley
Norris Walker
Tamika R. Gough
Maurice Parker Mims
Richard Castillo
North Rosedale Park
Civic Association
Malvern Hills
Neighborhood
Association
Michael Maingath
Neighbors Building
Brightmoor
Frank Edward Wells
Marjorie S. Fisher
Philanthropist and
Brightmoor Booster
Evergreen Lahser 7/8
Community Council
Lionel E. Little
Theotus T. Hollister
Edward E. Dykes
Robert Page Jr.
John Davis
Rosedale Park
Improvement
Association
Joseph Pruchnik
Ilka LaPeer
Neighbors Building
Brightmoor
Deborah Virgiles
District 1
McDonald’s Owner
Obie Moore
Business Owner
(The Auction Block)
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2016 IN MEMORIAM
We reflect on the lives of some of our D1 neighbors who left us
in 2016. We hope that fond memories of good times shared
together and the knowledge of a life well-lived will fill your
days with a greater sense of peace.
West Outer Drive
Block Club
Charles Harvell
Pastor Roy Isaac
Bushnell
Congregational Church
Plainview Block
Club Association
Eddie Davis
Mary Kim Jinks
Grandmont Community
Association
Nathaniel Harris, Sr.
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To our D1 neighbors, our friends:
We thank you for being continuously D1 Dedicated in 2016 and we look
for�ard to ser�ing and working with you in 2017.
-Team Tate
*Staff photo by Glenn Kujansuu
Councilmember James Tate
"Build character and discipline on the inside, and you'll
be able to handle any goal or challenge on the outside."
- Ralph Marston
Edwina King
“If you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything.”
- Unknown
DeAndree Watson
“The ultimate measure of our success rests with the
security of our most vulnerable members.”
- DeAndree Watson
Reginald Alexander
"Be still and know that I am God."
- Psalm 46:10
Aaron Hall
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and convenience, but where he
stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Angela Boyd
“The energy you put into the universe is the
energy you get back in return.”
- Unknown
TEAM TATE
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2016 District 1 Council Interns
Aleanna Siacon & Loy Cohen
*Photo taken at Artist Village in D1

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