Here is a list of addresses in Morningside that we know once had homeowners likely eligible for these funds.

Join us for a spring tree planting in northwest Morningside on Saturday, March 29, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m!

We welcome your help to make it a success by participating in one or more of our Summer Sizzler committees: Food, Logistics, Outreach, Publicity, Kids’ Activities, Activities for Adults, Sponsorships/Donations, and Registration.

The Blight Brigade will take on reporting owners of derelict properties and holding them responsible for clean up and maintenance.

We hope you all enjoyed happy holidays and are ready to get happy again at MCO’s first TGI Thursday of 2025. Share food and drinks and New Years’ resolutions with your eastside neighbors from 6-8 p.m. on February 6 at the Warren Café, 16314 E. Warren.

If you’re a regular customer at Kroger, you can automatically make a donation to Morningside Community Organization every time you shop.

After more than a year of trying to make changes to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Detroit Land Bank Authority and City Council, Council members were surprised to learn recently that their power to influence the operations of the DLBA, a quasi-governmental body, are limited.

If you know anyone who did lose a home to tax foreclosure, please let them know that they may be eligible for a substantial refund, thanks to rulings by the Michigan Supreme Court.

Investors, many from outside our city and state, have bought up to 20% of Detroit’s real estate and too often have done nothing with those properties.

Arts & Scraps is excited to offer free weekly programming designed to bring families together in a fun and relaxing environment.

It’s been more than seven years since Morningside residents approved a design for the Three Mile-Munich Park. Now the final piece of the design – a walking path that circles the four quadrants of the park - is being put into place by Wayne County workers.

Since its formation in 2008, the Detroit Land Bank Authority has had an outsized influence on neighborhoods like Morningside, where around 70 DLBA-owned houses account for many of our blighted properties.

Donyelle Pressley has brought us many heartwarming stories over the last few years for our Give a Smile feature. Now it’s her turn to be in the spotlight. Donyelle was just named Michigan Habitat for Humanity’s Homeowner of the Year.

For years it’s been the common wisdom among Detroiters that property tax dollars have promoted downtown development at the expense of the neighborhoods and general city services like parks and recreation, transportation, libraries, and schools. Now there’s hard data to back up that belief.

Following long-standing tradition, Morningside Community Organization will once again deck the halls on Tuesday, December 10 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church. You can expect good food, music, games, prizes, and of course, good cheer!

Who has time to do research on the 21 candidates vying for three vacancies? That’s why we’re grateful to Chalkbeat Detroit, a news magazine covering education, for publishing a brief bio for each one to guide our decision-making.

Although these contests are non-partisan, you can tell a lot about a candidate’s political perspective by the endorsements they receive. Here’s a list of candidates as they appear on the ballot and a partial list of endorsements for each.

Our friends at Outlier Media have been doing a great job of covering housing issues in Detroit. There are so many moving parts to the story, and this overview of the Detroit Land Bank Authority and how it operates is as good a place as any to begin putting the pieces together.

Kevin and Rachel, who host our monthly Happy Hours at the Warren Café, 16314 E. Warren, are planning a special Halloween celebration there on Saturday, October 26 at 8pm.

Morningside is fortunate to have so many large trees shading our streets and clearing our air, but these lovely trees also carry serious risks. My husband Jim and I learned that the hard way last month.