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Here's what teens, adults say about addressing gun violence ISABELLE TAFT, The Sun-Herald FacebookTwitterEmail GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — One by one, Gulfport Councilwoman Ella Holmes-Hines asked the children gathered around her what they want to be when they grow up. “A ballerina.” “A policeman.” Holmes-Hines was a speaker at last weekend's Stop the Violence block party in Gulfport, organized in response to recent shootings around the city. Many of the children wore T-shirts that said Stop the Violence; some were so young that the shirts grazed their feet. “Every child has a dream,�...

Christian Hurttienne Architects Construction on the first phase of a new 61-unit, two-phase development at Mack Avenue and East Grand Boulevard in Detroit's Islandview neighborhood is expected to ramp up in April following an October groundbreaking. Construction is expected to begin soon on the first part of a $20.2 million mixed-use development on the site of the former Eastern High School in Detroit's Islandview neighborhood. The $10 million first phase being developed by a joint venture between nonprofits GenesisHOPE Community Development Corp. and Lansing-based Cinnaire Solutions is slat...

Former Erb foundation executive Jodee Fishman Raines named COO Will oversee strategic planning of projects, programs as New Detroit focuses on systemic change, improving relationships Melissa Damaschke named vice president of programs and senior program officer, Great Lakes at Erb foundation David Deutsch Racial Justice nonprofit New Detroit Inc. has named Jodee Fishman Raines as its first-ever COO. Fishman Raines, 57, joins New Detroit after 12 years with the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, most recently serving as executive vice president of programs. In that role, she oversaw...