Osborn, Detroit

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Osborn is a community in northeast Detroit, Michigan. The Skillman Foundation selected Osborn to be one of the neighborhoods covered by the Good Neighborhoods Initiative. [1]

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Osborn is bounded by 8 Mile Road, McNichols Road, Gratiot Avenue, and Van Dyke Avenue. [1]

In 2012, Jeff Siedel of the Detroit Free Press said "The neighborhood surrounding Osborn High School looks like a cracked, empty shell. Everywhere you look, there are broken windows, overgrown weeds, barbed wire fences and abandoned homes." [2]

History

An April 2011 report from the office of Mayor of Detroit Dave Bing said that gangs, "especially transient gangs that are less organized — and often, randomly violent — terrorize some of our neighborhoods including … Osborn," [3]

In 2012, as part of the 100 Houses project, volunteers boarded up various vacant houses in Osborn. [4]

Demographics

As of 2012, according to the Detroit Center for Family Advocacy the median family income was $32,421. Single parents are the heads of over 30% of Osborne families, while in the U.S. the national percentage is 9.1%. Of children born to parents living in Osborn, 22.4% were born to teenage parents. 35.7% of Osborn residents are children who live in poverty, while 13.9% of all Michigan residents are children in poverty. [1]

A 2010 report from Data Driven Detroit, City Connect Detroit, stated that Osborn had 27,166 residents. [5] The community was 91.3% black, 4.3% white, 2.1% Asian (mostly Hmong people), 1.4% reporting more than one race, and .7% Hispanic and Latino. [6]

According to the 2000 U.S. Census Osborn had 37,358 people, [5] with 84.1% being black, and 8.6% white. There were 1,700 Hmong people in Osborn. [6] Between the 2000 census and the 2010 U.S. Census the population experienced a 27.3% decline. The number of children and youth in Osborn decreased by 5,912, a 39.3% decline. [5] The number of African-Americans decreased by 21.1%, but proportionately became a higher percentage of the community. The numbers of White, multiethnic, and Asian/Hmong groups had the most severe declines. The white population declined by 64%. The Asian population declined by 66%, with most moving from Osborn settled in Macomb County. [6]

Education

Osborn is within the Detroit Public Schools. The Pulaski, Brenda Scott, and Trix K-8 schools in Osborn and Law K-8 School outside Osborn serve Osborn for elementary and middle school. [7] [8] Most of Osborn is zoned to Osborn High School while a portion is zoned to Pershing High School. [9]

Elementary schools formerly serving Osborn within Osborne included Fleming, Genesis EL/MS, Richard, and Von Steuben. Schools outside of Osborn formerly serving it included Grant EL/MS. [10] Middle schools formerly serving Fleming included Genesis EL/MS and Farwell; Farwell was outside of Osborn. [11]

Fleming is now the Fleming Administration Building. The Early Childhood / Pre-Kindergarten Office is based out of the Fleming Administration Building. [12] Other than that, it now is only used for Head Start Program and Great Start Readiness Program classrooms, as well as the headquarters of the GSRP in DPS.[ citation needed ]

Parks and recreation

Parks in Osborn include Bessy Playfield, Wish Egan Playfield, Marruso Playground, Calimera Park and the Lipke Recreation Center. [13] Bessy Playfield is adjacent to Brenda Scott School. [14]

Calimera Park is the home of the Edible Hut Edible Hut. The Edible Hut is a community gathering space in Calimera Park on the eastside of Detroit with a living, edible roof and oculus to the sky. The Edible Hut combines elements of a traditional hut, an outdoor sculpture, a neighborhood garage and an edible garden. The roof is a garden of edible perennial plants such as sage, thyme, lavender and oregano. The inside of the space incorporates peaceful colors to create an enchanting space for gathering, rest and pleasure. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Detroit Center for Family Advocacy." (Archived November 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ) University of Michigan Law School. Retrieved on November 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ Siedel, Jeff. "Jeff Seidel: Detroit Osborn football team tries to learn lessons from star's murder." Detroit Free Press . August 24, 2012. Retrieved on November 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ Hunter, George and Mike Wilkinson. "Detroit's deadliest neighborhood" (Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine ). The Detroit News . September 2, 2011. Retrieved on November 8, 2012. "Gangs, especially transient gangs that are less organized — and often, randomly violent — terrorize some of our neighborhoods including … Osborn,"
  4. ↑ Satyanarayana, Megha. "In Detroit neighborhood, volunteers from across region board up 105 houses." Detroit Free Press . August 25, 2012. Retrieved on November 8, 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "Osborn Neighborhood Profile." (Archive." () Data Driven Detroit, City Connect Detroit. p. 1. Retrieved on November 8, 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 "Osborn Neighborhood Profile." (Archive." () Data Driven Detroit, City Connect Detroit. p. 3. Retrieved on November 8, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Elementary Boundaries - 2012/13 School Year." (Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine ) Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on November 1, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Middle School Boundaries - 2012/13 School Year." (Archived 2013-01-30 at the Wayback Machine ) Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on November 1, 2012.
  9. ↑ "High School Boundaries - 2012/13 School Year." (Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine ) Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on November 1, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Elementary School Attendance Areas." Detroit Public Schools. July 10, 2003. Retrieved on December 20, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Middle School Attendance Areas." Detroit Public Schools . July 10, 2003. Retrieved on December 20, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Early Childhood." Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on November 29, 2015. "Fleming Administration Bldg. 18501 Waltham Detroit, MI 48205"
  13. ↑ "Filling in the Gaps: A Plan for Vacant Properties in Osborn." (Archive) Urban and Regional Planning Program, University of Michigan Ann Arbor. February 2009. p. 39. Retrieved on November 9, 2012.
  14. ↑ "MAYOR KWAME M. KILPATRICK TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF."[ sic ] (Archived December 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine ) City of Detroit. May 11, 2007. Retrieved on November 9, 2012.
  15. ↑ "ABOUT". 31 May 2013.

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