Art in the Park Takes its Show on the Road

For the past several years, Katharina Walsh and Art in the Park have operated out of parks in the Brightmoor Farmway or (during the winter) at St. Christine’s Soup Kitchen. This summer, for the first time, Art in the Park is going mobile, with children and adult volunteers from the Farmway riding bicycles to various [...]

Detroit Free Press: Urban Farming Invigorates Brightmoor

Megha Satyanarayana of the Detroit Free Press writes: “In seven years, that section of Brightmoor has transformed and been organized under the moniker Neighbors Building Brightmoor. Students tend two youth gardens and sell the food at local farmers markets. Adults grow everything from food to flowers in gardens called Ladybug Lane and Rabbit Run. Houses begging to [...]

NBB Founder Riet Schumack receives WXYZ’s Detroit 2020 Award

Riet Schumack, founder of Neighbors Building Brightmoor, was awarded the Detroit 2020 Inspire Award this year for the Brightmoor Youth Garden. Congratulations, Riet!