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The sun shined bright at exactly 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon when a brown curtain dropped from the side of the Arabic American and Chaldean Council s 55 W. 7 Mile Road building in Detroit to unveil a towering Black man in a blue firefighter’s Class A uniform.
Detroit Fire Capt. Franklin Williams, covered with images of Detroit first responders and front line workers, looked out from the wall to face his former workplace: Engine 44, Ladder 18.
The mural, prominently featuring Williams as the first Detroit firefighter to die from COVID-19, was unveiled the day before Memorial Day a day used to honor service members who died in the line of duty to honor the memory of front-line workers who died from COVID-19.
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To keep the coronavirus from spreading, almost every group interaction has been digitized over the past year. Grocery shopping, weddings, funerals, and some government meetings have been taking place in our homes for more than a year.
Now, amid a decrease in coronavirus cases and an increase in vaccination rates, a local public health emergency order that would keep public meetings virtual expires June 30. The order was extended May 20 by Detroit Chief Health Officer Denise Fair.
The transition to virtual meetings in Detroit has been relatively smooth save for technical difficulties and expanded the accessibility of public meetings for both disabled and able-bodied attendees.
Fordâs Michigan Central and Newlab Announce Accessible Streets Studio Cohort
Fordâs Michigan Central and Newlab Announce Accessible Streets Studio Cohort
Michigan Central, Ford Motor Co.âs new mobility innovation district in Detroitâs Corktown neighborhood, and Newlab, a multi-disciplinary technology center in Brooklyn, N.Y., today announced that seven companies from a competitive pool of global applicants have been selected as members of the inaugural cohort of the Accessible Streets Studio.
Fordâs Michigan Central and Newlab announced the first seven members of the inaugural Accessible Streets Studio cohort. // Image courtesy of Newlab
Michigan Central, Ford Motor Co.âs new mobility innovation district in Detroitâs Corktown neighborhood, and Newlab, a multi-disciplinary technology center in Brooklyn, N.Y., today announced that seven companies from a competitive pool of global applicants have been selected as members of the inaugural cohort
4,500 speed humps installed in Detroit to slow speeders
By Ingrid Kelley and David Komer online producer
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DETROIT (FOX 2) - Detroit neighborhoods are cracking down on reckless drivers with a new speed hump effort. We are right off Seven Mile, meaning we get a lot of traffic, you hear people speeding up and down the street at all hours of the day and night, said Brittany Record.
Neighborhood speed hump program underway in Detroit
A major effort is underway this spring to install more than 4,000 speed humps throughout the city.
On Tuesday the city of Detroit’s Department of Public Works announced it will install 4,500 speed humps during this year’s construction season.