Charlevoix Village Association

Neighborhood association on Detroit's Lower East Side since the 1970's | Standing strong against displacement, resegregation, & gentrification | We meet monthly

[Charlevoix Village Association @CVA_Detroit]

Toyia Watts is a life-long Detroiter, retiree, long-time community leader, & radical fighter for affordable housing as president of Charlevoix Village Association on the Eastside of Detroit.
https://t.co/2Q7cKplGH8

[Detroit's District 5 Community Advisory Council @d5cacdetroit]

The next town hall meeting for District 5 is Thursday, June 29th from 6-8pm at the Church of the Messiah. Please see the flyer for the community survey and more details.

Don't hesitate to spread the word! We hope to see you there!

[Stephanie Chang @stephanielily]

Stellantis received tax incentives to create good jobs. They built their facility on the East Side of Detroit. They improperly installed pollution controls but kept operating. They then racked up 6 air quality violations within a year and a half. 🧵

[aks 🔻 @amysenese]

Council President Sheffield has a one question survey on the proposed District Detroit Development.
https://t.co/FJPir2ndte

[violeta ognianova ikonomova @violetikon]

Help me count the ways the city of Detroit uses taxpayer resources to sell taxpayers on stuff they'll pay for.

Project Green Light - https://t.co/REwcQLH9Dp
Blight Bond -https://t.co/FaeLKLUr3H
ShotSpotter - https://t.co/AuX58rwSIh
Another dev tax break -https://t.co/nrlPBCz6hS

[Eli Newman @other_eli]

A taxpayer-funded PSA for tax breaks.

[Detroit Eviction Defense @DetEvictDefense]

Judge Shawn Jacque just signed the writ in Taura Brown's case. The home defense will continue forward, please share this far and wide! DM to get involved!

[Art Reyes III @ArtReyesIII]

303k+ power outages now. 272k+ are DTE customers.

Nearly a million people lost power last week. Over 100k lost power for a week or more.

This is absolutely unacceptable. This is costing families thousands of dollars. We need real compensation NOW.

[Kayleigh Lickliter @kayleighrenel]

The District Detroit transformational brownfield plan is headed to City Council!

DBRA approved the plan with Maggie DeSantis and Eric Dueweke voted no.

[aks 🔻 @amysenese]

Sharing this portrait I took of Carolyn Carter to boost a fundraiser for Carolyn & her daughter KC.
Here, Carolyn stands on the west side street she grew up on—Carolyn lost the house on the right because of illegal overtaxation.
https://t.co/rth8jCEZjB

[Kayleigh Lickliter @kayleighrenel]

DBRA voted today to terminate a 2007 brownfield plan for the Detroit Life Building, which is one of the properties Olympia is seeking to develop as part of District Detroit. Ownership hasn’t changed since it was approved in 2007 but the initial plans never came to fruition.

[Kayleigh Lickliter @kayleighrenel]

District Detroit developers are seeking tax incentives worth $47 million MORE than the city’s projected net benefit over the next 35 years.

[Malak @MalakSilmi]

Following media reports, Detroit City Councilmember Angela Whitfield Calloway sent a request to the inspector general and corporation counsel offices to urge an investigation into the Detroit Public Library fraud.

Some of the questions she wants answered are below:

[Kayleigh Lickliter @kayleighrenel]

$18M in city tax revenue and nearly $10M in revenue for DPSCD’s operating budget has been captured by the Downtown Development Authority to be used *only* for future developments downtown.

How have downtown developments benefited public schools and city operations?

[Sam Robinson @samueljrob]

This is the easiest way to learn what Chris Ilitch and Stephen Ross’ companies are asking for from taxpayers in order to build District Detroit. https://t.co/0GXaFDGBjA

[aks 🔻 @amysenese]

Hello to the District 5 Community of Detroit! If you would like to get involved with the Community Advisory Council (CAC) come to the swearing-in ceremony, on Friday, Jan. 20th, 6-8 pm to meet community leaders and neighborhood groups from across the district!
What is the CAC? 🧵

[Qween_B @4realmzbrown]

#DetroitEvictionDefense #HomeDefense #Detroit #RiseUpFightBack
So Tuesday, someone stole one of the banners for my home defense. I tried to stop them and get it back. They almost hit me with their truck. The passenger in my car got a pic of the vehicle and the plate. 🧵

[Orlando P. Bailey @orlandopbailey]

Dean said descendents of entrepreneurs and homeowners displaced by I-375 could have the first opportunity to purchase land that was occupied by the failed urban renewal project. @PolarBarrett X @BridgeDet313

https://t.co/Plb8eaHZWl

[Eli Newman @other_eli]

Taura Brown holds a press conference outside of her Detroit tiny home. She says she’s facing retaliatory eviction after organizing against her non-profit landlord Cass Community Social Services.

[Detroit Eviction Defense @DetEvictDefense]

Join us today, January 9th at noon - 1553 Monterey, for a press release to kick off Taura's home defense. Come hear the truth about @CassCommunity's eviction of Taura and her fight, and sign up for a shift.

[Sam Robinson @samueljrob]

Just helped an elderly man up to his unit and carried him onto his couch after I found him slumped over on the stairs as my apartment elevator is broken after serious water damage.

It’s getting bleak.