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Eastpointe community receives grants
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EASTPOINTE The Eastpointe community will receive funds from two grant programs, albeit in two very different manners.
The first grant was given directly to the city from the Greater Metropolitan Association of Realtors. It will consist of $2,500, which will be used to make improvements to the city’s Children’s Garden Park.
Eastpointe Mayor Monique Owens was able to apply for the grant since she is a member of the GMAR.
“I was glad to use my platform and to use my membership as a means to apply and represented Eastpointe as mayor in the application process,” Owens said. “We will continue to revitalize our community and keep it looking welcoming and inviting. We believe that this grant will enhance our already beautiful Children’s Garden and create a space where our children feel comfortable.”
Holland Maze Literacy Park on 15th Street, between Linwood and Rosa Parks Boulevard.
(Photos: NW Goldberg Cares) Each Tuesday morning, 15 Detroit youngsters sit outside for 45 minutes of reading, music and lessons in a mini-park that looks like a botanical garden. The colorful setting, filled with 1,200 tulips, is Holland Maze Literacy Park on 15th Street in the NW Goldberg neighborhood. Childhood educator Deleon Williams, a 2015 Wayne State graduate and current master s student, leads the 14-week program that began two weeks ago for pre-kindergarden through fifth-graders. She has been the main preschool teacher at WSU s College of Education Early Childhood Center for the past six years.
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Chairman Gwendolyn Scales
A resident of Detroit, Michigan, Gwendolyn is an international recording artist, singer/songwriter, business owner, and exercise guru.
Gwen started her music career at age four and emerged as a recording artist while in college. While on the road with such noted artists as Motown’s Hamilton Bohannon, former Warner Brothers’ recording artist David Peaston, and many local Detroit bands she continued to hone her own unique style of singing.
Gwendolyn and her husband Charles are co-owners of Urban Jazz Contemporary Records and CGS Entertainment, an entertainment booking agency. Their production house, Perfect Fifth Productions, has released five albums to date with several others currently in production.