Category: Palmer Park News

Mt. Zion 7th Annual Walk-a-Thon benefit to be held THIS SATURDAY at Palmer Park

5/15/2018

Mt Zion New Covenant Baptist Church returns to Palmer Park for their 7th Annual Walk-a-Thon, Sat, 5/26/18 at 8am.
As always, proceeds from this event will assist the church with their yearly summer outreach project, "The LOVE FEST," a time when they provide groceries and services to the surrounding church community as well as services such as free health screening, free haircuts and providing information on free community services available in the area. There will also be worship service, free food and a kid's zone where the children learn and play.

DUST OFF YOUR NIKES AND JOIN OUR WALK TODAY!

YOUTH (ages 11-17 only) & ADULT WALKERS ARE WELCOME!
Adult Registration fee is $25.00 | $20.00 each for groups of 10 or more
Youth Registration fee is $15.00 | $10.00 each for groups of 10 or more

TO FIND OUT HOW TO REGISTER, WHERE TO MEET,
CALL 313-974-7143 or 313-310-0061
ALL WALKERS are asked to get at least 10 pledges.
Minimum pledge is $1.00 per mile.

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World Sickle Cell Day Annual Awareness 5k Walk/Run at Palmer Park June 9, 2018

5/10/2018

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The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, MI (SCDAAMI) presents:
WORLD SICKLE CELL DAY:
ANNUAL AWARENESS 5K WALK/RUN
June 9, 2018 at Palmer Park
Starting at the Splash Park (Pontchartrain and Merrill Plaisance)
5K Registration fee: $20
Run Registration: 8:00am, Run Begins 8:30am

Walk Registration: 9:00am, Walk Begins 9:30am

On June 9, 2018 the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Michigan Chapter (SCDAAMI) will host our annual walk/run at Palmer Park in Detroit from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in observance of World Sickle Cell Day, which is on June 19th. The theme of the walk/run is “#Sickle Cell Matters.”

Things you need to know:

You can register to walk/run and purchase t-shirts at www.scdaami.org or at the SCDAAMI office at 18516 James Couzens Fwy. Detroit, 48235
The starting point and the registration table will be located near the Splash Pad where parking is available in the adjacent lot and on the street.
On-line pre-registration ends June 7th but you can register in the office up to 5pm on June 8th.
On-site registration on June 9th is from 7:30-8 a.m.
The run begins at 8:30 a.m. and the walk will start at 9:30 a.m.

What if I can’t make the walk/run on June 9th, how else can I support?
If you are unable to make the walk, we are asking you to get as many friends, family and supporters as possible to purchase our commemorative #SickleCellMatters t-shirt and wear it with pride on June 19th World Sickle Cell Day! Spread the word and go to www.sicklecellmatters.net and for $18 they can purchase the shirt in a variety of colors today!

We want people to recognize this is an important day and to see us wearing our t-shirts everywhere: at work, in the schools, at the grocery stores, in the malls and on the streets across Michigan. #SickleCellMatters is a movement and we want everyone to feel our presence on this day!

Should you have any further questions about this year’s walk, please contact our Director of Outreach & Operations, Tracee D. Patterson at (313) 864-4406.

With your help and support, together we can raise more awareness and break the sickle cell cycle!

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Slow Roll Detroit back at Palmer Park 5/14/18

5/6/2018

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Detroit's popular Monday night ride is back for the season and will be taking off from our own Palmer Park on Monday, 5/14/18.

NEW TIMES!
Registration begins at 6:00PM, ride leaves at 7:00PM
Ride returns approx. 9:00PM
This ride can bring 3000-4000 riders
3 food trucks, which leave upon our take off.
Bathrooms will be available at the park.
The City and DPD-approved route will be available as the event nears.

For complete info on the ride as it's available, visit Slow Roll website:
www.slowroll.bike
Facebook page: @SlowRollDet

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Jane's Walk Detroit at Palmer Park May 5th

4/24/2018

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Come discover the beauty, the history and the current
excitement of a revitalized Palmer Park!

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2018 - 10am-2pm

Jane's Walk is an annual festival of free, citizen-led walking conversations inspired by writer, urbanist and activist, Jane Jacobs. We are happy to be a part of such a great event again, this time FROM PALMER PARK!

Jane's Walks encourage people to share stories about their neighborhoods, discover secret stops and favorite places.

The walk is free and starts and ends near the Palmer Park Community House / Splash Park where Pontchartrain meets Merrill Plaisance between 6 and 7 Mile, west of Woodward. Dress accordingly, we will be on trails that could be wet and muddy.

Join the Detroit walk's official Facebook event here.

Read a summary of the earliest Jane's Walk Detroit (pictured below) from 2013.

Jane's Walk official website: janeswalk.org

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Palmer Park Community Input Meeting 3/19 will focus on proposed improvements to tennis courts

3/7/2018

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Join People for Palmer Park and the City of Detroit for a COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING to discuss proposed improvements at Palmer Park.

WHEN: Monday, March 19th. Meeting will start promptly at 6:30 and end at 8:00 pm

WHERE: *** UPDATED! ***
Due to the overwhelming interest in this meeting, THE LOCATION HAS BEEN CHANGED to the Northwest Activities Center, 18100 Meyers Rd., in the “Ballroom”.

The primary focus of these improvements will be on Palmer Park's Tennis Courts and its surrounding areas over 2018 and 2019.

We KNOW our strong and active tennis community, as well as surrounding neighborhoods, are going to want to be a part of this important gathering to share ideas, concerns and questions.

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Summer in the City volunteers bring their creativity and energy to beautify Palmer Park

8/2/2017

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Our orchards have been mulched.
Our butterfly garden has a lot less weeds.
Our new Community House "circles mural" is brighter.
Our garden is free of trash.
And we have 2 new beautiful murals in progress on the former handball courts at Palmer Park thanks to the amazing young volunteers at Summer in the City !

Pictured are the kids representing Huntington Woods Fruit Camp (burgundy shirts) and the kids from Digitas (blue shirts) who worked on the orchards and gardens. These kids did an EXTRAORDINARY amount of hard work in one day. We are so amazed at the impact this had on the Park!

Additionally, Project Paint volunteers from Summer in the City touched up the colorful circles mural on our community house (next to splash park) and others are working hard on completing their bright murals on the former handball courts (behind the tennis courts).

We are so happy to continue our partnership with this amazing group and hope you'll help support their efforts! (more info below photos)

Summer in the City strives to improve and expand community service in Metro Detroit. By bringing a diverse group of young people together to invest their energy in Detroit, Summer in the City programs address the immediate needs of city neighborhoods and foster a regional mindset.

The eight week summer program is the heart of Summer in the City. From June 21 to August 12, our unmistakable t-shirts can be seen all around Metro Detroit. Working alongside Summer in the City's invaluable Crew, volunteers can Paint murals around the city, Plant in community and urban gardens, or Play with neighborhood children at any of our youth enrichment sites.

Summer in the City has painted over 100 murals across the city of Detroit. Each summer we partner with neighborhood organizations, block clubs, businesses, and the City to identify high-impact locations for our murals. We then work with these and other partner organizations to develop designs for each of the sites, be they designs created by SITC staff members or designs selected by the partner organizations. While our Project Paint leaders work year-round, the majority of the painting happens during our summer schedule with our volunteers.

To learn more about Summer in the City, register to join their corps of volunteers, donate or more, visit http://www.summerinthecity.com/

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Slow Roll Detroit brings ride to Palmer Park 5/22

5/8/2017

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Detroit's popular Monday night ride is back for the season and will be taking off from our own Palmer Park on Monday, 5/22/17.

Registration begins at 5:30PM, ride leaves at 6:30PM
Ride returns approx. 9:30PM
3000-4000 riders
3 food trucks, which leave upon our take off.
Bathrooms will be available at the park.
The City and DPD-approved route will be available as the event nears.

For complete info on the ride as it's available, visit Slow Roll website:
www.slowroll.bike
Facebook page: @SlowRollDet

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CHESS ROW RETURNS TO PALMER PARK

8/16/2016

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Special celebration for the public on Saturday, August 27, 2016 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Join us for this opening day to celebrate and BRING YOUR CHESS PIECES!

In conjunction with Sit on it Detroit and Young Detroit Thinkers, People for Palmer Park (PFPP) will reopen “Chess Row” at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 27th. After years without this popular activity in the park, the community will once again see rows of chess tables in the beautiful southeast end of one of Detroit’s most vibrant green spaces, Palmer Park.

At the August 27 reopening, members of Young Detroit Thinkers, an award-winning chess team that teaches chess to young people while at the same time instilling life skills and values, will be present from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. to teach kids the game and challenge them to matches.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

“We have a partnership with Young Detroit Thinkers, an organization dedicated to teaching young people the skills to play chess. We plan to work with the organization’s president, Kevin Fite to bring chess players to Palmer Park, and even host a tournament one day soon,” stated PFPP board member, Lee King.

“Both Sit On It Detroit and Young Detroit Thinkers are key partners in assisting with the revitalization of Chess Row, another step toward improving Palmer Park and bringing youth to the park for fun and positive, educational experiences.”
LOCATION: Chess Row is at the SE end of Palmer Park, near Merrill Fountain, behind the Tennis Courts.

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The Palmer Park Log Cabin Restoration Campaign

6/26/2016

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Frederick Law Olmsted's sons John Charles and Frederick Law Jr., as well as a gathering of other parks managers and landscape design professionals outside of the "picturesque Log Cabin" at Palmer Park, in late 1890s. Courtesy of Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site/Brookline, Massachusetts.

The City of Detroit announced 6/24/2016 that it will spend $400,000 to stabilize and restore the Palmer Park Log Cabin built by Senator Thomas and Lizzie Merrill Palmer some 130 years ago. The only Log Cabin in Detroit, it is significant from both architectural and historic perspectives. It is a treasured landmark for our community that must be preserved. This work will help to ensure that this important historic structure — which is in an extremely distressed and crumbling state — will survive. This is only the first phase to completely restore the Cabin, which People for Palmer Park has been working so hard to preserve.

When will the Log Cabin renovation be finished?
City stabilization work should be completed by the fall of 2016. This is only the beginning of all the actual restoration work needed in the Log Cabin.

What exactly is being renovated and repaired by the city?
City work will include:

new cedar shingle roof with new weatherproofing, felts and spacers;
cedar ridge capping and repair concrete roof vent;
removal of loose bark and treatment of existing bark with wood preservative;
demolition of existing sidewalks and planters and adding new positive grade and sidewalks;
excavate perimeter of cabin, with new concrete underpinnings to 42” depth;
repair existing brick grade beams and install new French drainage system;
rebuild porch canopy and rebuild back wall; add new back entry door; environmental remediation to remove all animal feces in the walls and ceilings; and some site restoration.

If the city is paying $400,000 to renovate the Log Cabin, why is People for Palmer Park also raising money for the cabin?
PFPP’s initial goal is to restore the original stained glass windows on the first floor, which we
estimate will cost between $50-75,000. In addition, there is still a lot of work to be done including: restoring the chimneys; fixing and refinishing all interior woodwork, floors, doors, stairway; fixing historic pocket doors; interior plaster and painting; rebuilding the historic kitchen; and much more. There are no lighting fixtures, no electricity, and no running water or heat.

How could I book my event / wedding / corporate retreat into the Log Cabin?
You must apply to the City of Detroit for any event for 25 or people. Call 313-224-1100 or fill out the Special Event Form online: www.detroitmi.gov/How-Do-I/Apply-for-Permits/Special-Events-Information. You may also directly contact PFPP, who will have responsibility for events hosted at the Cabin.

When will Palmer Park get bathrooms installed?
Will the Log Cabin have a toilet? There is a comfort station/bathrooms being renovated by the Splash Pad, which should be completed this summer. No, there will not be a working toilet in the Log Cabin. We anticipate there will be more bathrooms in the park in the future.

Will the Log Cabin still look the way it did when Sen. and Mrs. Palmer lived in it after the renovations are finished?
Yes, that is the goal, however we may not install their furniture and antiques, which would turn it into a museum. We hope that it will have a number of ways that it will be used, which are being explored.

Will the Log Cabin be open again to the public once the City renovations are complete this year?
PFPP hopes to host an event or tour once this initial work on the cabin is complete, in late fall. As the additional work progresses, we hope the Cabin will be used and opened more and more.

How can I help?
PFPP is holding a fundraiser at the Frank Lloyd Wright Turkel home on Sunday, August 28 from
4-7 pm. Funds will be used to restore the stained glass windows.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

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First Tee Greater Detroit 2016 Schedule

5/5/2016

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The First Tee of Greater Detroit returns with spring, summer, fall and parent programming right in Palmer Park Golf Course.

Our Mission
To impact the lives of young people in Greater Detroit by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

SUMMER PROGRAMMING
WHAT: The First Tee is a national youth development organization focused on instilling life-enhancing values in children through the game of golf.
WHERE: Palmer Park Golf Course, 19013 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48203
WHEN: Classes will run weekly on Tuesday from May 17 to August 23, 2016.

MORE INFORMATION ON FIRST TEE GREATER DETROIT
Visit their website at thefirstteegreaterdetroit.org

Contact: Lisa Woodcox, Program Director
lisa@thefirstteegreaterdetroit.org
Office: (313) 820-3362

REGISTRATION FOR 2016 CLASSES OPEN!

SCHEDULE
Download the complete 2016 schedule below.