Our organization
Creekside was founded in 1990 by a group of community residents who came together to discuss housing quality and other neighborhood issues. Some of the neighborhood's housing stock had been lost to neglect, or demolition by the City of Detroit in preparation for redevelopment. In 1993, these citizens chose the name Creekside, incorporated as a 501C)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, and planned activities that would improve the neighborhood's quality of life. Since then, Creekside's hard-working volunteer members have initiated or made other important contributions to a wide variety of community projects carried out in conjunction with area citizens, with other nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and with government agencies.
Creekside projects, partnerships, and on-going programs include the following activities:
Membership and Board of Directors
Creekside CDC is a membership-governed Michigan nonprofit corporation. Persons eligible for membership are those over the age of 18 who live, own property, operate a business, or are volunteers for a nonprofit organization within the boundaries of the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood. If you meet these requirements, you can join today or if you'd like to get regular Creekside updates, send us your name and email address to join our mailing list!
At the annual meeting held in November, members elect persons to the Board of Directors. Creekside is goverened by a 15 member board, 12 of whom are neighborhood residents.
