Community Matriarch. Serial Entrepreneur. Founder of the Holbrook-King St. Block Club. City of Detroit Spirit Award Recipient. Musical family: Mother to bassist Grove “GT” Tigue and sister to the late jazz legend Rod Hicks. North Ender since 1978.
YOLANDA M. GREEN
Daughter of the late Marvelous and Charles Persell, former owners of Apex Bar. Legacy North End homeowner. North End family roots since 1947.
JERRY ANN HEBRON
Activist. Community developer. Cultivator of food, people and community. Daughter of the Rev. Bertha L. Carter. North Ender since the late 1950s.
Author. Artist. Actress. Advocate. Family Roots in the North End Since 1930s.
ULYSSES NEWKIRK II AND RESHOUNN “SUN” FOSTER
Fictive Siblings. Imagineer/Troublemaker and Community Emissary/Wordsmith. Bubble Enthusiasts. Co-founders, Oakland Avenue Artists Coalition and Hip n Zen Northend. North Enders since 2011 and 2012.
“Mayor of the North End.” Owner/Baker of Ava’s World Famous Sweet Potato Cakes. Co-Founder of Men of the North End. President, North End Neighbors Block Club. Secretary, North End Safety Patrol. Protector, Delores Bennett Park. North End family roots since 1930s.
JOSH MACK
Executive Director of the M.O.O.R.E Community Council. North End Community and Education Activist since 1969.
BRYCE DETROIT
Founder, Detroit Recordings Company. Co-Founder, Oakland Avenue Artists Coalition. Afrofuturist Artist. Music Producer. The Garage and Apex Bar. North Ender since 2009, as Business Owner. North End Resident and property owner since 2011.
Daughter and grandson of Sydney Barthwell proprietor of the largest blackowned drugstore chain in the United States, Barthwell Drugs. Ice Cream factory store located in the North End, the first one established in 1933.
THE JUSTICE FAMILY
Owners of MJ’s North End Ice Cream Parlor, serving the best handpicked ice cream in Detroit. North Enders for 30 years.
Owners of Anew Life Prosthetics, serving the North End Prosthesis Community since 2009. North End Business Since 2012. Website: https://anewlifepando.com
LYNN ROOSEVELT WIGGINS
Consultant/Business Liaison for cultural, economic and workforce development. Family members of St. Matthew’s & St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church for 112 years. North End roots since 1951.
Mother of the North End. Wayne County Commissioner (8th District). Founder of North End Youth Improvement Council, Adopt-a-Child Program, Summer Work Program for Youth. 4H Club for Youth. Improved Smith Park (now called Delores Bennett Park). North Ender since the 1940s.
You’re invited to Motown Masala: Ingenuity and Jugaad in Detroit, a dynamic panel discussion exploring how Detroit’s creative resilience—from DIY urbanism to music, art, and storytelling—shapes sustainable futures. When: April 9, 2025 …
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ART & HOUSING JUSTICE. “THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL IS THE ANTITHESIS OF GENTRIFICATION. RATHER THAN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING TO A COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY SHAPES AND DRIVES DEVELOPMENT.
While the “Internet” connects you to the external world, the “intranet” is internal like like a block club – a way for you and your neighbors to communicate. It is only accessible to other households on your Equitable Internet Initiative (EII) network, and it will be here for you even when there is no external Internet connection.
