Avalon Village, the eco-friendly neighborhood center built from blighted and abandoned lots in the Detroit-area enclave of Highland Park, has friends in high places. East coast rapper KRS-One is set ...

HIGHLAND PARK, MICH (WXYZ) — Legendary hip-hop artist KRS-One is set to perform at Avalon Village in Highland Park on Tuesday, July 30 in a special outdoor concert ...

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (WXYZ) — A Highland Park mother is trying to make sense of why her 23-year-old son was killed in Avalon Village, a place she built as a safe ...

Shamayim “Mama Shu” Harris is a community leader in Michigan who transformed her neighborhood for the better Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

We're talking with the head of security who protects Avalon Village in Highland Park. | We're spending 24 hours in Highland Park on June 3, 2024, going live every hour with a story about a local ...

Highland Park resident and rapper Supa Emcee has released a song titled “AVALON” in support of the Avalon Village – From Blight to Beauty project. The community project nine years in the making, led ...

A Highland Park community leader on a mission to turn "blight to beauty" in her city was named one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes and is in the running for the network's 2023 Hero of the Year award and ...

We're still hanging out in Avalon Village, where they're handing out water and juice on this Monday afternoon. Avalon Village is a community and nonprofit in Highland Park working to better the lives ...

A community garden on Avalon Street in Highland Park sits next to a boarded-up house. Partially tucked under a canopy of trees, the garden supplies fresh produce for neighbors nearby and regulars from ...

Shamayim "Mama Shu" Harris is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of women who have made a significant impact in their communities and across the country. The program launched in 2022 ...

The "Teacha" is coming to Highland Park. On Tuesday, rapper KRS-One will perform a live outdoor concert at Avalon Village, an Highland Park eco-village community building project. KRS-One, who hails ...