Villages Community Development Corporation

08/21/2026

What happens when good food and community come together? On Aug 19th our Villages CDC Garden Party at the home of Executive Director Mac Farr combined delicious garden-to-table dishes with a wonderful mix of neighbors and supporters. Credit to for preserving the memory of the event through her lens. Thanks to all who attended, and we are already looking forward to next years Garden Party!

08/18/2026

The menu for the Garden Party has been finalized. Tickets available at link in bio. We hope to see you there tomorrow night!

08/17/2026

Join us this Wednesday for a Garden Party in support of the Villages CDC. Tickets are available at the link in our bio. Hope to see you there!

08/13/2026

Did you know that Detroit residents can sign up to receive emails from a variety of different City departments? Choose your topic of interest and receive regular emails about city-sponsored programs, services and events. (And you can unsubscribe at any time if you no longer want to get them!).

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07/30/2026

Join us for an al-fresco dining experience curated by Executive Chef Ederique Goudia in the beautiful garden behind the home of our Executive Director, Mac Farr. The evening will include a plated four course, farm to table dinner using ingredients directly from the garden we will be seated in. Wine and beverages will be available as well.
This is a ticketed event with limited seats available, so be sure to buy yours today!

https://www.thevillagesofdetroit.com/events/garden-party

07/21/2026

Reminder: Please join us this Thursday July 23 at 6pm at Jefferson Presbyterian Church for our quarterly community engagement briefing. All Villages residents, business owners and stakeholders are welcome; pizza and refreshments will be served.

07/20/2026

07/17/2026

One of the Villages CDC's strategic missions is supporting strengthening of housing, streets & community across our seven Villages neighborhoods. We tackle this mission from many different angles, including providing low-income housing units in our beautifully renovated duplexes in West Village, advocating for continued code enforcement to reduce speculation, and advocating for legalizing missing middle housing in revisions to the City's zoning ordinance. We also regularly support our longterm Villages homeowners, linking them to new funding or programs they may qualify for.

On Tuesday July 7, we welcomed our 50+ Keep It In The Family clients to an estate planning seminar to launch our 2026 Keep It In The Family program. The attorneys from our partners at Elder Law provided our senior client homeowners valuable information about living wills, last wills, Lady Bird deeds and other estate planning options, so they can make the right decisions for their individual needs.

Next, we investigate and resolve any title or deed issues our clients may have, and the attorneys from Elder Law will work one-on-one with each homeowner to draft the legal documents they need to be secure in the knowledge that the family home will remain "in the family" and continue to build generational wealth.

Over the coming months, we will also be doing essential home repairs for each client, both for their own current benefit and to ensure that their heirs - in due course - will not be burdened by inheriting a house with prohibitive deferred maintenance.

This program was founded by Villages CDC Executive Director Mac Farr, and is made possible by a grant from Enterprise and the Thome Memorial Foundation; it has now expanded into other Detroit neighborhoods and is this year co-sponsored by the Villages CDC, Woodbridge Neighborhood Development and Sinai-Grace Guild Community Development Corporation.

For more information about the Keep It In The Family Program, contact Chris Stommel at the Villages CDC ([email protected]), or. Or visit our website at www.thevillagesofdetroit.com.

07/06/2026

We have partnered with Strong Towns Detroit and resident historian David Webb for a guided bike tour through the Villages! Join us on July 12th to learn more about the historical development of Islandview, West Village, Indian Village and East Village.

Meet at Elmwood Cemetary at 2PM on the 12th for those interested. We hope to see you there!