Patrick Dunn

Longform Heart of West Michigan United Way Chief Administrative Officer Becki Postma, Kent County Community Action Director Gustavo Perez, and Heart of West Michigan United Way Eviction Prevention Program Manager Alyssa Bryan.
Development News Improvements are underway at Detroit's Intervale Roselawn Park, accompanying an adjacent new segment of the Joe Louis Greenway.
Feature Story A prescribed burn at Kensington Metropark.
Longform Supplemental Science student Madison Taylor with her exhibit on soil samples at a science fair at WAY Academy in Detroit.
Longform Cam Underdown and Chris Powers are the co-founders of ReciproCity, which developed a new housing resources website called Shelter Oakland.
Longform The START Collaborative's first retreat in January 2024.
Longform The START Collaborative's first retreat in January 2024.
Longform Pharmacists handle cancer medications at the cancer drug repository at the Trinity Health Reichert Medical Center in Superior Township.
Longform Labrea Robinson with her daughter Amarrah.
Longform Kids participate in a water safety class at Adams Butzel Complex in Detroit.
Longform Shariki Bell in her apartment in Pontiac.
Longform Roz Nowosielski picks up trash at Stony Creek Metropark during an Earth Day cleanup event. She walks at the park every day and wanted to help clean it up.
Longform Roz Nowosielski picks up trash at Stony Creek Metropark during an Earth Day cleanup event. She walks at the park every day and wanted to help clean it up.
Longform Sean Wolski at his home in Royal Oak. Wolski was inspired to advocate for more housing in Oakland County after struggling to buy a house himself.
Longform Ronita and Gregory Coleman are redeveloping the Casa Del Rey Apartments building in Pontiac. The project has been supported by Oakland County's new land bank and housing trust fund.
Longform Children play during a campout at Eliza Howell Park.
Longform Shepherd House, a new affordable housing development catering to LGBTQ+ seniors in Ferndale.

How does affordable housing get built in Oakland County?


Longform Pontiac resident Devon Hollins at HOPE Shelters' adult homeless shelter in Pontiac. Hollins stayed at the shelter while he was experiencing homelessness and he now works there.
Longform Mary Marsh, Juliana Fulton, and Kenyetta Campbell at Greenview-Wadsworth Park in Detroit. Recent improvements at the park were informed by the city of Detroit's equity metric for parks.