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General Meeting: Riverfront Steps

Get ready for the "River Days" festival at our June general meeting! We'll be on the Riverfront Steps immediately outside the GM Wintergarden. It's a beautifully designed outdoor space. We'll perch on the steps, but chairs are available for those who might need them plus tables inside for breakout sessions or inclement weather.

Watch the river, hear the distant drops of the Hart Plaza fountain and dream up your project to enhance Detroit!

Date: Thursday, June 14th

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Location: Riverfront Steps | at ground-level of the rear (river-side) of Renaissance Center

Parking: RenCen parking structures (fee), valet (fee), free street parking (meters free after 6pm) on nearby Beaubien and Randolph and other streets in the area.  If you're parked downtown already, try taking the People Mover to the RenCen Station.

Tour de Arts - Detroit 

See Detroit by bicycle during the Festival of the Arts weekend. Take in some of Detroit's artistic landscape with a special 4 hour cycling get away starting at the Woodward Entrance of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). Pass by some interesting forms of art along the way, including Disneyland - (Hamtramck-Michigan-USA that is!), the Heidelberg Project, several performing art theaters and sculptures downtown, the Woodbridge Neighborhood, and the Center for Creative Exchange. For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/ywtyzy

Date: Saturday, June 9th

Time: 10:00am to 2:15pm

Location: Detroit Institute of Arts - Woodward Entrance

Contact: Alexander Froehlich detroitbikes@detroitsynergy.org

DSG in the Community: Festival of the Arts & Jazzin' on Jefferson

We'll be at the Festival of Arts this weekend, June 8-10. Stop by our booth while you're there....OR... look for the DSG logo on the eastside, during the Jazzin' on Jefferson event, June 22 & 23!

Project Clean Project Planning Meeting 

Join us for Project Clean's June Planning meeting to discuss ideas and future events for the 2007 season as well as the various supporting roles of the project. For more information, visit http://detroitsynergy.org/projects/clean 

Date: Tuesday, June 12

Contact Jen for details at clean@detroitsynergy.org

Third Thursday Happy Hour: Andrews on the Corner

Come and join us at Andrews for the June Third Thursday. We'll be just steps away from the new Detroit Riverwalk! Third Thursday is a casual meet-up for anyone and everyone. Find out more about Detroit Synergy. Get an introduction to our project process. Find out how you can turn your idea for Detroit into a workable project!

Date: Thursday, June 21st

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Andrews on the Corner | 201 Joseph Campau 

Contact: Alok Sharma development@detroitsynergy.org

Detroit Bikes! Jazzin on Jefferson Tour 

See the far East Side with a four hour bike ride to many of the area's prime destinations including the Conner Creek Greenway, Chandler Park, East English Village, Sander's Ice Cream and the Grosse Pointes (40 minute stop), the Lake Shore district of Grosse Pointe, and the Venetian Canals of Detroit.

Our event will start and end at the Jazzin on Jefferson Festival and will celebrate city cycling. Another lovely Saturday afternoon with Detroit Bikes! For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/33ka68

Date: Saturday, June 23

Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location: Jazzin on Jefferson | Jefferson between Chalmers and Alter

Contact: Alexander Froehlich detroitbikes@detroitsynergy.org

Project Clean & Fort Visger Collaborative Clean-Up

Please join us and the Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision for the Fort Visger Collaborative Clean-Up. As a part of the 4th Annual Good Neighbor Day, this joint effort among Southwest Detroit, Ecorse, River Rouge, and Lincoln Park will focus on cleaning and beautifying the borders of these four communities. Free lunch, tools, and supplies will be provided to all who sign up in advance, so sign up today! For more information, visit  http://detroitsynergy.org/projects/clean

Date: Saturday, June 23

Time: 7:30am - 12:00 noon

Location: Ecorse Fire Station | 3869 W. Jefferson, just north of Outer Drive

Contact: Jen clean@detroitsynergy.org 

Dequindre Cut Hike 

Come check out the biggest urban canvas you’ve ever seen and get some exercise in the process! We’ll be hiking the Dequindre Cut in its entirety while learning a little bit about the history the cut, the graffiti that exists there now, and about the future of this two-mile, below-grade abandoned rail line just east of downtown.

Date: Sunday, June 24th

Time: 10:00am to 12:00 noon

Contact: Chris Lesnies development@detroitsynergy.org

Wanted!

• Membership Chair - Our current Membership Steering Team Chair has transitioned to a project-based role, so we're looking for someone who would like to help build and retain an inclusive DSG membership. Over the last four years we've grown from a handful of Detroit-crazy visionaries to a group of over 4000. Take us to the next level! Contact Amanda membership@detroitsynergy.org
• Fundraising Chair - Fundraising for Detroit Synergy is project-based and grassroots just like our group. Our current fundraising chair has been making calls and helping with donations for over three years, so it must be a fun job! All steering team positions are volunteer and open to the general public, but we do like to find individuals who are familiar with our projects and have been to meetings. Information on the position is here or contact Dan fundraising@detroitsynergy.org 

Community Call-Out

4th Fridays with Ford is a monthly signature evening series celebrating downtown Detroit highlighted by a major free concert at Campus Martius Park. 4th Friday programs showcase the best of downtown Detroit’s clubs, galleries, films, shopping and dining. In addition, participating restaurants, pubs and clubs offer special 4th Friday discounts. For more information: www.4thFridaysDetroit.com