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April General Meeting @ the Dossin

Network, brainstorm and connect with others who share your passion for a vibrant Detroit. Learn more about the projects initiated at our project idea session last month (see some of the project ideas at the end of this email).

Date: Thursday, April 12th

Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: Dossin Great Lakes Museum | Strand Drive | Belle Isle | Detroit

Contact: James community@detroitsynergy.org

Transit: Call to Action

Detroit Synergy wants to increase awareness and promote the possibilities of our region's transit future. Project teams are forming to establish fun, creative ways to get people using and talking about public transit.  There's a place for all ideas, talents and levels of involvement - come talk about it! 

Date: Wednesday, April 11th

Time: 6:30pm - 8:00 pm

Location: Z's Villa | 42 Piquette | Detroit

Contact: transit@detroitsynergy.org

Discussing Differences

A new session of our dialogue series, created in conjuction with Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, starts this week.

Date: Wednesdays, April 11th, 18th, 25th

Time: 5:45 - 9:00pm

For more info, or to register for the session, contact Christyn, Jen or Sonya at dpcg@detroitsynergy.org

Detroit Bikes! 3rd Annual Riverfront Ride

Get healthy and get to know the city streets as Detroit Bikes! kicks off it's third season of Detroit neighborhood bike tours.

Date: Saturday, April 14th

Time: 10am promptly!

Location: East Grand Circus Park @ Millenium Bell

Contact: Alex detroitbikes@detroitsynergy.org

Celebrate Earth Day with Project Clean

Project Clean will join forces with Recycle Detroit and the Paradise Valley Earth Day Observance  to clean and beautify a park in a neighborhood remembered from the 1940's as Paradise Valley. In addition, Recycle Detroit will work to inspire, motivate and energize kids of all ages to practice sustainable habits and healthy lifestyles.

Anyone can participate in all of the day's events, but volunteers from Detroit Synergy/Project Clean are asked to help out specifically with the park clean up in the morning from 8:30am to 11am as well as assist with the *Round Robin* from 11am to 2:45pm.

To Volunteer: Contact Jen clean@detroitsynergy.org by April 19th

Date: Saturday, April 21th

Time: 9am - 3pm

Location: Cass Park | 2nd and Temple | across from the Masonic Temple

More Information:  http://detroitsynergy.org/projects/clean

Belle Isle 'Spring Into Nature' 5K Run/Walk

Sign up now for our second Belle Isle run/walk to benefit the Belle Isle Nature Zoo. This is a great way to get to know the island, get active and raise funds for the zoo. (the T shirts are really nice too!) Register online at www.dsgstore.com

Date: Saturday, April 28th

Time: 10:00 am - noon

Location: Belle Isle Nature Zoo

Contact: Allison runbelleisle@detroitsynergy.org

New Ideas for Detroit

Thanks to all who joined on our second annual "New Ideas for Detroit" project generation session in March on the campus of Wayne State University.

We talked about Detroit Synergy project process and how we turn ideas, of any size, into a positive action for the city. Here are some of the project ideas that shook out of the meeting:

Detroit Family Olympics | Kid's Safety | Dancin' in the Streets | Detroit Stories: A Positive Detroit | Detroit Swim Mobile

For information, or to join one of these project teams, contact our Steering Team Project Chairs - Cheryl discovery@detroitsynergy.org or Alok development@detroitsynergy.org - and they will connect you with a project lead or come to the general meeting to learn more!