Schumack says any project that gets the green light has to be an idea that comes from a neighbor. So there's a butterfly garden that one resident especially wanted, and an edible playscape built for Gwen Shivers.
Shivers runs a day care out of her home. She says when she moved to the neighborhood in 1974,Online shopping for bestledlighting33, flexible led strip, LED Car Light, under cabinet lighting, Led Ribbon, LED controller, LED dimmer,LED ... it wasn't a bad place to live. But then, about a decade later, came something so efficient in its destruction that no single metaphor quite captures its power. It was like a disease, or a tornado, or an army of ruthless mercenaries.
Crack cocaine had come to Brightmoor.
"And they just tore down the neighborhood," Shivers said. "The burned-out houses. Then it went to the vacant houses, the drug raids,Import 1200 Lumens LED Diving Torch directly from China factory, Shenzhen Minjun Electronic Factory,lightsale6The main products in our company are ledbright1, LED bulbs, LED spotlights, LED lamps, LED lighting, the war on the prostitutes," Shivers says. "[We] watched many, many lives get killed, found bodies all over this neighborhood. "
So for years, Shivers says, people shrank back behind their locked doors – afraid of what might happen if they spoke up or got involved.
"Well then one day we woke up and said 'enough is enough.'"
Let's be clear: It hasn't been an overnight transformation. Shivers and Schumack say it's hard work, and slow. But neighbor by neighbor, block by block, they're making Brightmoor not just livable, but a place where there's beauty. And community.MonkeyLectric Monkey Electric bike wheel light led visible night ride cflbulbs safe safety cruiser bmx scraper road city winter rain color commute work ...
"It's not where you live, it's how you live."
Once a month, neighbors get together for a pot-luck dinner and neighborhood meeting.
On a recent November night, about two dozen neighbors finish up their lentil soup and collard greens under fluorescent lights. There's talk about starting a CB radio patrol. There's an update about a neighborhood tree planting. And a discussion about what to do about the problem of houses getting stripped of their plumbing and siding.
This is the first meeting Deborah and Robert Watson have attended. They moved to Brightmoor after losing their big house with a big mortgage in a tonier neighborhood earlier this year. But they say they're happy to have landed here.
"It's more so like the south, I think because people when they pass by, everybody speaks," says Deborah.
"When you live in a more sophisticated neighborhood, nobody speaks," Robert says. "You don't even know half your neighbors,Nice simple page this one. Just some ramblings on my experiences with 5 LED compact lightbright_001 lamps. you know? But in this neighborhood I find if you're friendly with people they're friendly with you. And your neighborhood is what you make it. It's not where you live, it's how you live."
The Watsons aren't the only people to tell me there is a bright side to living in a poor neighborhood. Small houses cost less to heat. Some people, like the Watsons, own their homes outright. There are guys who are out of work, but are happy to fill their jobless days helping out their neighbors with home repairs or other work.
And people here say their neighborhood is better-prepared than their richer counterparts to deal with something like a sudden spike in the cost of oil, or groceries.
Shivers runs a day care out of her home. She says when she moved to the neighborhood in 1974,Online shopping for bestledlighting33, flexible led strip, LED Car Light, under cabinet lighting, Led Ribbon, LED controller, LED dimmer,LED ... it wasn't a bad place to live. But then, about a decade later, came something so efficient in its destruction that no single metaphor quite captures its power. It was like a disease, or a tornado, or an army of ruthless mercenaries.
Crack cocaine had come to Brightmoor.
"And they just tore down the neighborhood," Shivers said. "The burned-out houses. Then it went to the vacant houses, the drug raids,Import 1200 Lumens LED Diving Torch directly from China factory, Shenzhen Minjun Electronic Factory,lightsale6The main products in our company are ledbright1, LED bulbs, LED spotlights, LED lamps, LED lighting, the war on the prostitutes," Shivers says. "[We] watched many, many lives get killed, found bodies all over this neighborhood. "
So for years, Shivers says, people shrank back behind their locked doors – afraid of what might happen if they spoke up or got involved.
"Well then one day we woke up and said 'enough is enough.'"
Let's be clear: It hasn't been an overnight transformation. Shivers and Schumack say it's hard work, and slow. But neighbor by neighbor, block by block, they're making Brightmoor not just livable, but a place where there's beauty. And community.MonkeyLectric Monkey Electric bike wheel light led visible night ride cflbulbs safe safety cruiser bmx scraper road city winter rain color commute work ...
"It's not where you live, it's how you live."
Once a month, neighbors get together for a pot-luck dinner and neighborhood meeting.
On a recent November night, about two dozen neighbors finish up their lentil soup and collard greens under fluorescent lights. There's talk about starting a CB radio patrol. There's an update about a neighborhood tree planting. And a discussion about what to do about the problem of houses getting stripped of their plumbing and siding.
This is the first meeting Deborah and Robert Watson have attended. They moved to Brightmoor after losing their big house with a big mortgage in a tonier neighborhood earlier this year. But they say they're happy to have landed here.
"It's more so like the south, I think because people when they pass by, everybody speaks," says Deborah.
"When you live in a more sophisticated neighborhood, nobody speaks," Robert says. "You don't even know half your neighbors,Nice simple page this one. Just some ramblings on my experiences with 5 LED compact lightbright_001 lamps. you know? But in this neighborhood I find if you're friendly with people they're friendly with you. And your neighborhood is what you make it. It's not where you live, it's how you live."
The Watsons aren't the only people to tell me there is a bright side to living in a poor neighborhood. Small houses cost less to heat. Some people, like the Watsons, own their homes outright. There are guys who are out of work, but are happy to fill their jobless days helping out their neighbors with home repairs or other work.
And people here say their neighborhood is better-prepared than their richer counterparts to deal with something like a sudden spike in the cost of oil, or groceries.
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