Partners
Bailey Park Project
Parks are a tangible reflection of the quality of life in a community—they are often cited as one of the most important factors in how livable communities are.
The Bailey Park Project (BPP) was founded in 2013 by Katrina Watkins, a former social worker, educator, and long-time resident of the neighborhood. Dedicated to empowering her community in an impactful manner, Katrina created the Bailey Park Project to help strengthen the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood.
The building of Bailey Park represents phase one of BPP's wider vision to help stabilize and increase value within the neighborhood while reducing vacancy and abandonment. Bailey Park is a powerful, positive symbol of McDougall-Hunt’s ongoing evolution as a historical neighborhood that values families, community, and connectivity.
Bailey Park is the first major project in the McDougall-Hunt Neighborhood Sustainable Redeveloped plan. The park and its new KaBoom playscape serve as an anchor for the McDougal-Hunt community.
McDougall Hunt Neighborhood Association
The McDougall Hunt Neighborhood Association is an active community organization dedicated to empowering the McDougall Hunt neighborhood by creating programs that encourage safety, sustainability, and stewardship.
McDougall Hunt Neighborhood Association plays an important role of acting as the catalyst to bring forth the local residents’ voices so that the people’s opinions are shared with the wider community.
Lead by Dwane Ashford, a long-time resident of the McDougall Hunt neighborhood, along with a group of neighbors, the Association is working together for changes and improvements in the neighborhood such as safety, beautification, social and educational activities, and resident driven planning.
East Side Community Network
East Side Community Network is a 30-year old organization dedicated to a catalysis of change on Detroit’s East side. They work with community residents to help bring positive change in neighborhoods. Their expertise is in resident engagement, multi-sector collaborations, advocacy, and leadership development.
Eastside Community network is a neighborhood partner and community organizer leading the McDougall Hunt Sustainable Redevelopment Project, and providing capacity support to the Bailey Park Project and the McDougall Hunt Neighborhood Association.
Donna L. Givens is Eastside Community’s veteran leader. As President and CEO of ECN, Donna brings nonprofit leadership experience to her role, including serving as Deputy Director of Programs for ECN (formally known as Warren/Connor Development) between 1993 and 1997. Ms. Givens has the right mix of management skills, brainpower, advocacy to lead this project on behalf of residents.