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Our February meetingwas full of interest-ing news. Our 2011
calendar was announcedwith special events through-out the year. The biggestchanges are the annual EEVGarage Sale, which will bemoving back to August, andour second EEV Home andGarden Tour, which is set forSeptember 25.
Our guests for theevening were the designfirm of Albert Kahn and theDPS building teams for thenew Finney/Crockett HighSchool. The new Finney-Crockett is being built as areplacement school for JaredFinney, located on CadieuxRoad. The rendering lookedgreat, with multiple changesto the landscape as well as tothe traffic flow for the cam-pus property. The targetedopening for the new schoolis September 2012.
We also covered MayorDave Bing's recentannouncement of Project 14.The plan includes EEV and
Boston Edison neighbor-hoods as the targeted areasfor this pilot program.Project 14 will offer homespurchased by the DetroitLand Bank to Detroit policeofficers for purchase andrenovation.
We have several key play-ers involved in this pilotprogram, including theDirector of the Detroit Land
Bank, Mayor Bing's officeand Next Detroit. The pro-gram utilizes NSP dollarsthat were labeled last year asEast English Village/FarEastside. I urge all of you toattend the March generalmeeting to hear more.
I would like to thank allwho have continued to sup-port our long-standing pro-grams - our private security
and our seasonal mainte-nance, and our general fundthat covers miscellaneousneighborhood expenses. Weall benefit from the few whogive each month. Pleasereview the large EEV dona-tion coupons in this editionor online at PayPal.
Doing your share helps all
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March 2011 • Volume 35, No. 3
Mark your calendarApril General Meeting and Potluck:7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, St. ClareMontefalco Social Hall, 1401 Whittierat Mack
March CalendarMarch General Meeting: Wednesday, March 9. Speaker: Detroit Land BankGarden Club: Saturday, March 26 at 12:30 p.m. Speaker: Garden ResourceProgram. Contact 640-7627 or [email protected] for locationdetails.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!President’s Message
Model drawing of Finney-Crockett High School viewed from Cadieux Road
See PRESIDENT, Page 3
East English Village information
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OfficersPresident: William Barlage, 884-0554,[email protected] Vice President: Terri Shaw,[email protected] Vice President: Latisha Johnson,670-0707, [email protected]: Tanya Cleveland, [email protected]: Bee Davis, 882-3169, [email protected]
Street representativesOuter Drive/Whittier: Harry Davis, [email protected] Park: Barbara Pitts, [email protected]: Fred Vitale, 580-4905, [email protected]: Brian Watson, 215-1428, [email protected]: Marc Tirikian, 460-1975,[email protected]: Brad Dick, [email protected]: Joe Balistreri, 310-3957, [email protected]: Erica Wilson, [email protected]
Mailing addressP.O. Box 241009, Detroit, MI 48224
Note: If you have questions or wish to volun-teer for one of the committees, please usethe appropriate email address listed here orcall the EEV message line, 313-216-1729.
CommitteesCommercial Chair: TerryShaw, [email protected]
ResidentialResidential Chair:Beckie Themer, 882-3188, [email protected] Property: MarieCierpial 510-4470Garden Club: DavidTeeter 640-7627 [email protected] Security: DebbieBrady, 886-7360, [email protected] Services: SusieRookard, [email protected]
East English Village messageline: 313-216-1729
Newsletter Editor: Helen Broughton, 244-5209,[email protected]: Diana McNary,[email protected] Committee: JackieCayton, Steve Babson, DavidNicholsonLost Pets: Karlene Trump, 882-2579Volunteer Safety Patrol: MarieCierpial, 510-4470Welcoming/Hospitality: MaryBethStrong, 886-6096, [email protected] Maintenance: WalterStrong, [email protected]: Charlie Ericson, [email protected] andNancy BrighamRecycling: Fred Vitale,[email protected],580-4905
By Jackie Cayton
Many of us in EastEnglish Village are
excited about Mayor DaveBing's recent announcementof an incentive program toentice Detroit police officers tomove back into the city. Alongwith Boston-Edison, EEV hasbeen chosen as one of theneighborhoods in which thecity will offer tax-foreclosedhomes for a very affordable$1,000 down payment, alongwith some funds to help thenew owners renovate. Thenew idea is called "Project 14,"which alludes to police codefor "back to normal." SomeEast English Village residentsmay remember when it was"normal" to have a large num-ber of police officers living inthe neighborhood.
Detroit's controversial resi-dency requirement for munic-ipal workers was repealed in1999. Since then many policeofficers moved outside thecity limits, and currently less
than half live here. Theresearch seems unclear as towhether having police officersliving in a neighborhood actu-ally reduces crime, but publicperception is that it does. Assome headlines concerningthis plan ask, "Who wouldn'twant a cop living next door?"
Besides safety, anotherintended goal of the programis simply to entice people tomove back to Detroit, which,in itself, would help stabilizeneighborhoods. We all knowour city has suffered from
loss of population for years,and many people seem towelcome almost any idea toincrease our number of resi-dents. More working resi-dents in any city help buildthe tax base and maintainneighborhood stability.
At the time of this print-ing, some confusion and criti-cism surrounds this new relo-cation incentive plan.Originally, some thought thehomes could be bought for$1,000 in total. That, however,is just the down payment.
These new residents will alsohave a monthly mortgagepayment, including taxes andinsurance. Some Detroit resi-dents are upset that the pro-gram doesn't include allneighborhoods. Others don'tlike the fact that federal stim-ulus money is being used, orthat the plan doesn't rewardthe police officers who didstay in the city.
However valuable thesecriticisms may be, themayor's office is not offeringthis plan as a complete solu-tion to Detroit's problems andhas hinted at other plans thatmay follow. Hopefully, it is astep in the right direction.Although East English Villageremains beautiful and still rel-atively stable, a successfulrevitalization strategy such asthis could prove invaluable inkeeping it that way.
(Some information in thisarticle was obtained from recentarticles in The Detroit Free Pressand The Detroit News.)
Project 14 may help East English Village
This Yorkshire duplex is one of several in Project 14.
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Iam writing this letter aboutmy wonderful neighbors,
the Masters family.They are the mostkind, thoughtfuland helpful people.I don't know whatour neighborhoodwould be like with-out them. Theyhave preventednumerous crimeson ourblock...house break-ins, carthefts, etc. They have puttheir lives in danger chasingthe "bad guys" away. When
we have had all that snow,the Masters men were out
there shovelingeverybody's walksand driveways,including theempty houses. And,they did it withshovels, not asnowblower!
When anyonegoes away for awhile they usually
give the Masters a key totheir house knowing every-thing will be taken car of(junk mail picked up, grass
cut, snow shoveled, etc.)They never ask for anythingin return. They have lived inthis neighborhood a longtime and are still PRODETROIT. They have donetheir best to keep our neigh-borhood safe and beautiful. Ihope they never give up onus. Thank you, thank you,thank you for all you do foryour neighbors. We really doappreciate it! We need morepeople like you.
Signed,A VERY GRATEFUL
NEIGHBOR
Everyday Heroes: The Masters family
of us in the neighborhood thatyou call home. Please note:We have our neighborhoodticket/reminders going outagain this month to clean upresidential code issues such asinoperable cars on the street,in driveways or back yards.
Please join us for the spe-cial March meeting on March9 at St Clare. The generalmeeting will be at a uniquetime due to the Lenten seasonstarting that night. Please donot arrive before 7:45 p.m.Dinner will not be available.
In April, instead of ourannual Bunny Bash we willbe celebrating Earth Day -please see the April newslet-ter for details.
Have a safe and HappySaint Patrick's Day!
Bill BarlagePresident
PresidentContinued from Page 1
VacantPropertySafetyIf you have an emptyhouse on your block,park your car in the dri-veway once in a while.If you have a dog, takeyour dog over there.The paw prints in thesnow make it look likesomebody lives there!
NeighborhoodNotes• Congratulations toBeckie Themer, one of25 candidates from apool of 45 to be chosenfor the 2011 Greeningof Detroit's Urban Rootstraining program. Lookforward to hearing morefrom Beckie about com-munity gardening inEEV.• Thoughts and prayersfor Bill Ridella and fami-ly, of Morningside. Billwas admitted into MayoClinic to address a sud-den and serious illness.
Finney-Crockett High School design team representatives(Tooles Clark Joint Venture) visited the EEV meeting inFebruary to update the community on the project. Thanksto Jennifer Zirkle, Steve Koop, Dave Price, Jeffrey Gaines,and Zeb Tolbert.
Happy St.Patrick’s Day!
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THANK YOU to all the EEVresidents that made their
snow fund contribution forWinter 2010-2011. Februarysnowfall in inches was almostrecord-breaking and I am sograteful that there was enoughin the account to plow ourstreets so that I was able to getto work on time! I am sureyou were grateful, too.
Please note that the contri-butions of the 183 residentslisted below covered the costof our plows. If you did notpay, please THANK THESENEIGHBORS, for their mone-tary contribution to keep yourstreet plowed for your safetravels.
The residents that paid rep-resent only 9% of the total res-idents living in EEV! We haveapproximately 2100 house-holds in the neighborhood, soover 1900 houses benefitedfrom their neighbor's generos-ity. While it would be a loftygoal to have 100% participa-tion, you would be amazed atwhat our streets would looklike if only 50% participated.PLEASE send in your moneyand help us reach a highergoal.
We begin collecting for thenext winter (2011-2012) fromApril 1, 2011 until November30. Please send your $35 checkalong with the coupon in thenewsletter. Be sure to includeyour email address so I canemail a receipt.
Please refer to the updatedlist of names for all those whohave paid for snow as ofFebruary 28, 2011. If you paidand your name is not on thelist, please call me at 313-886-7360.
Debbie Brady, EEV Security& Snow
Snow FundAdler, DorisAhomed, Dawn & DavidAlexandersAmeloot, Michael & Teeter, DavidAnthony & Joan NardiAustin, Martha JBalistreri, JosephBarlage, William & JeanBattjes, Jean & Harley, JimBechtel, BeverlyBell, WillieBennett, RobertBernard & Phyllis WoodsBethany Christian ChurchBosch, JohnBourgeois, Sue Ann CurtisBoyd, Ethan & BettinaBrady, DebraBrewer, LindaBrigham, NancyBrooks, Dorothy & JamesBroughton, HelenBrown, PamelaBryan, WilliamBryant, Chris & SheritaBuckhoy, Nikita & Crozier, AdellaBurton, Kevin L.Butler, Mark & NancyCabbil, Garry & AlmaCapobres, David & Cynthia Carter, Kristine & Nowakowski, TimmCascos, George & MaryCason, Aleane & FredellCassell, CynthiaCayton, JackieChapman, MichelleChilders, Jesse & CeliaCierpial, MarieColbert, Charles & ZeldaCole, MyrnaCook- Scott, BettieCortes, GermaineCortes, LillianeCoyne, Victoria & BobCyplik, DorothyDancy, RosieDaniels, Jimmie and DianeDavis, BelvaDavis, Doris & GaryDavis, Harry & Wyanna BeeDick, BradleyDiffendal, Marilyn & ThomasDiTommaso, Andrea & Langlois,JanetDorsey, A YDoss, CoraDriscoll, LindaDritsan, Chris & MaureenDrury, RobertDucody, MichaelDuncan, Sandra & EricDurham, Jennifer &Thomas, SherryEdwards, JacquelineEdwards, Victoria & David
Eisler, SusanEricson, CharlesEvans, Ray &MichelleFair, DebraFaisal, Rashid & Dolar,MarieFitzgerald, Karen &TimothyFlournoy, Stacey & RobertFoley, Tim & AmyFrounfelter, Betty LouGaenssle, GertrudeGeisz, AnthonyGillis, MarlenaGodzwon Jr, Walter & MaryGoodman, LindenGoodwin, BettyGordon, MichelleGreene, Bryant & EthelGrimm, BettyHaberman, Rick & CynthiaHage, Martin and MonicaHamel, KristenHandel, Gregory & JenniferHarwood, LauranceHauser, MichaelHenderson, GregoryHess, Brooke & JeremiahHicks, AngelaHicks-Robinson, MarstellaHillbom, Dan and CherylHomburg, Hannah & KennethHopkins, JeanHorizon HouseHorman, WilliamHowett, DorothyHunter, Kevon & TamaraHunter, Scott & TinaIrwin, TanyaJames, JonathanJohnson, LatishaJohnson, Melvin & EvelynJohnson, PamelaJohnson, SheldonJozwiak, JulieJozwiak, MadelineKerfoot, Jeffrey & DeniseKisner SR, RonaldKlaetke, GeorgeKonkel, HeleneKopec, David & KerinKozlowski, Olga & GeraldLe Duc, GeorgeanneLeake, EdwinLeavey, KathleenLewis, Joe & MarthaLowe, John & KimiLowell, ScottMadej, Gerard & SuzanneMax, Paul & DeniseMazer JR, Mr & Mrs JohnMcClendon-Ezell, TalethaMcDuffie, Daryl & Rosyln
McElroy, JoyMcGigor, Rhonda & LeonardMeek, TraceyMeeks-Martin, JanetMiller, PamelaMiranne, Rodney & KristineMitchell, Donald & DoreenMontgomery, DebraMorris, Carolyn & Enoch
Mulford, Herbert & CarolynNardi, Anthony &JoanNassar, ErnestNeal, RitaNiforos, Lambro
Odgen, SteveOssman, Tim &
Sowle, LoriPaige, Percy & Bernice
Parsons, GailPearson, DianaPerkins, Sheldon & DenisePeterson, Mark & AmyPrintup, RenaRabaut, Colleen & ChrisRamlow, Leslie & KatherineRedding, BrendaRees, GeorgeRice, Alger & InezRisha, LindaRobinson, JamesRush, ErnestineSchreuder, Ellen G.Scott, DeidrahSeymour, Daniel & YvonneShaw, Mr & Mrs. Sinclair-Smith, RobertSmith, Albert & LoisSnyder, ThomasStevens, DonaldStokes, HubertStreich, Dennis & MelodieStrong, Walter & Mary BethSwift, Willie ATait, AliceTaylor, Robert & Angela Themer, James & BeckyThomas, Roger & White, VernitaTirikian, MarcVitale, Fred & MargaretWarmack, TommieWatson, BrianWatkins-Jones, SharonWayne ArringtonWeber, George & MarjorieWee, Gwendolyn & Shopinksi, TonyWilliams, Pamela GWilliams, RobbieWilliams, VanessaWood, JamesWright, LenoreYntema, JanetZarowny, Susan & Steven
2010-2011 Snow Fund Contributors
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Get additionalbulk trashpickupsDepartment of PublicWorks has a pickupservice for residents ata cost of $40 per cubicyard or 1,000 pounds.This service is avail-able to all residentsand estimates can berequested before thebulk waste is removedfrom inside the proper-ty. The city is providingthe pickup service toassist residents in dis-posing of bulk itemsbetween their quarterlybulk collection dates.Contact the 311 CityServices Call Center toschedule a pickup.
E-newsletterIf you would like to getthe news in your com-puter inbox, pleasesend an email withyour name, addressand phone to newslet-ter@eastenglishvillage. organd include “subscribe”in the subject line.
EEV stickersfor saleRemember you can pur-chase a blue and whiteoval EEV sticker at anymonthly communitymeeting for only $3. Thesale of decals will fundmaterials for neighbor-hood cleanups.
Scholarshipsand Contests• “What Would I Do?” stu-dent essay contest, spon-sored by Community LegalResourcesA discussion on an issueaffecting Detroit that isimportant to you and whatyou would do to help solveit.The contest is open to allsenior level high schoolstudents residing in the cityof Detroit. Contest rulesand application atwww.clronline.org.Deadline for submissions isMarch 11, 2011. • The Buick AchieversScholarship, funded by theGM Foundation, isdesigned to help studentswho are leaders in both theclassroom and their com-munities, but who may nothave the financial means toattend college. The BuickAchievers ScholarshipProgram will award up to$25,000 per year for 100students and $2,000 peryear for 1,000 students.Details about the scholar-ship program, eligibilityrules, and selection criteriacan be found atwww.buickachievers.com.• Foot Locker Foundation-UNCF Scholarship 2011.Scholarships up to $5,000are available for collegefreshmen, college juniors,college seniors, collegesophomores, high schoolseniors, high school gradu-ates with minimum GPA of2.5 for United NegroCollege Fund schools. Allmajors eligible. Applicationdeadline: Friday, April 15,2011. Apply atwww.uncf.org
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• Paul Carey’s Rhythm andBlues Krewe @ Dylan’s 2ndAnnual Mardi Gras Bash,Saturday, March 5 at Dylan'sRaw Bar and Grille, 15402Mack, Grosse Pointe Park,9:30 p.m. Cover $10• Steve Babson will speakon “Protecting OurNeighborhoods: TheCampaign to StopForeclosures and Evictions”presented by Pointes forPeace on Monday, March 14at 7 p.m. Harper WoodsLibrary located at 19601Harper Ave. in HarperWoods. Steve is active in thePeople Before BanksCoalition of SoutheastMichigan organizing for amoratorium on foreclosuresand evictions. He is
Newsletter Editor andExecutive Board Member,Local 6075, AmericanFederation of Teachers atWayne State University. Inhis work as a teacher andhistorian he focuses onissues concerning the labormovement. • Diana McNary of Graytonwill perform with Big Will andthe 360 Degrees Band at theChromatics Lounge at MotorCity Casino from 10 p.m. to2 a.m. Saturday, March 19.• Darryl Lee of Grayton willperform with Danny D (RodStewart tribute) and DianaMcNary of Grayton will per-form with Fleetwood’s Back(Fleetwood Mac tribute) onSaturday, April 2 at Mr. B’sRoadhouse in Clarkston.
EEV Talent Corner
Fleetwood’sBack
Do you perform, teach a class or have artwork on display?Send us the info at [email protected]!
Fizz is a 3-month-oldBoxer puppywho has all thepuppy energyyou could everwant! Friendlyand playful,this happy-go-lucky little guystill has plentyof growing todo and wouldlove to find hisforever hometoday! The adoption fee includes sterilization, age-appropriate vaccinations and much more. For moreinformation, please contact the Michigan HumaneSociety's Detroit Center for Animal Care at (313) 872-3400 and provide the pet ID number, 12228778.
MHS Pet of the Month
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"First Pets" Molly and Libby Barlage.
Around the Neighborhood
Roof leaks repaired with written guarantee. Gutterscleaned and repaired. New gutters and downspouts installed.Tuck pointing – porches and chimneys. Area resident. CallJohn at 313-886-3824. Free estimates.
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WJU Services - Bill Urbine. Landscaping General Labor,Reasonable Rates. EEV Resident. Contact william.urbine@ att.netor 313-434-3177. No job too big or small!
Lawn mowers and snowblowers for sale. $50 and up. CallMichigan Lee 313-881-9524.
Do It Guys — We will install, repair, service, fix or clean justabout anything! HW tanks, furnaces, appliances, A/C, plumb-ing, cars, gutters, cement work, minor home repair. EEV resident.Call Ray today at 313-885-3381 or 313-213-4087.
Marie's Snow Removal, Property Cleanup, TrashHauling. EEV resident. 313-510-4470
Snowblowers for sale. $50 and up. Call Michigan Lee 313-881-9524
Advertise here!To place an ad, please call 313-216-1729 or email newslet-
[email protected] EEV Newsletter printing and distribution is fully funded
by our advertisers. PLEASE give them your business asappropriate, LET THEM KNOW you have seen their ad and
THANK THEM for their contribution!
Certified heating and cooling repair. EEV resident. CallBob at 313-885-7113
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