A flood-prone community center in the eastside neighborhood was replaced by a solar-powered facility — now on higher ground — that aims to be a central hub in case of climate emergencies.
Author Archives: Angela Lugo-Thomas
Angela Lugo-Thomas is a reporting fellow for the Energy News Network and Planet Detroit. She was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, grew up in Detroit, and has lived in Highland Park, Michigan, for over 20 years. She has a Puerto Rican heart with a Detroit soul. Angela is a graduate of Michigan State University and is married with three children. She is a local leader for GirlTrek, a board member of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op, a founding member of La Casita Cimarrón y Yuketi de Detroit, and a dancer with the RicanStruction Bomba Drum and Dance group.
