Posts Tagged ‘detroit’

Black History Month: Ruth Ellis

Ruth Ellis dancing

Today, we’re highlighting Ruth Ellis, a legendary activist known and loved for creating safe and supportive spaces for the LGBTQ+ community. Ellis’ home in Detroit became a source of support for those in need and a gathering spot where people could be themselves. She often bought books and food for young people, helped with college…

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Mariners Inn, Detroit, MI

Mariners Inn Cass ST corner signage

This new 6-story building and campus design is meant to expand and optimize Mariners Inn’s nationally acclaimed programming for alleviating the problems of homelessness and substance abuse. The new 6-story building will include 44 units of permanent supportive housing and 40 units of recovery housing and a vast range of community services. The design for…

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Ruth Ellis Clairmount Center, Detroit, MI

Ruth Ellis Clairmount Center aerial looking Southwest down Clairmount Ave

The Ruth Ellis Clairmount Center (REC Center) is a mixed-use development in Detroit’s Piety Hill neighborhood that provides permanent supportive housing for LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness within a larger mixed-use development offering social services, health care, and employment opportunities. At approximately 44,000 SF, the mixed-use building offers 43 studio and one-bedroom apartments, with community amenities…

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Michigan State Housing Authority: Ruth Ellis Center

Ruth Ellis Corner View Rendering

Michigan State Housing Authority interviewed the Ruth Ellis Center to learn more about the organization and their upcoming development. We couldn’t be more proud to be partnered with this amazing organization on the Ruth Ellis Clairmount Center in Detroit. Construction on the Center should be underway in a matter of days! Through permanent supportive housing,…

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