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Changes sought to relieve bottleneck in popular Detroit street naming program

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By Malachi Barrett
| Bridge Detroit Verified
Thirty years after blues legend John Lee Hooker’s name was memorialized in a sidewalk star along Hollywood Boulevard, his family is struggling to get a street named after him in the city that birthed his music. Hooker was nominated for Detroit’s Secondary Street Sign program in 2022 – the longest wait of  more than two dozen applicants up for consideration by the City Council later this year.
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Staff update: Malachi’s next chapter

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By Malachi Barrett
| Bridge Detroit Verified
In today’s world, being able to communicate clearly is a superpower. Hopefully the following makes some sense to you. My last day at BridgeDetroit has already passed after four years. I am joining the Detroit Fire Department to start training today as a firefighter/EMT. A French philosopher famously suggested “one must imagine Sisyphus happy,” though I learned the reference from some meme during a late-night doom scroll.
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Detroit closes in on goal to double tree canopy

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By Malachi Barrett
| Bridge Detroit Verified
Detroit City Council Member Scott Benson is asking Mayor Mary Sheffield to boost the Forestry Division’s budget by $4 million to put more residents to work planting and maintaining trees. Sheffield’s 2026-27 budget proposal includes a small increase for the Forestry Division, increasing from $5.8 million to $5.9 million. It would cost roughly $30.5 million total to bring tree service in-house, according to city officials.
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