Ecorse
A city in Wayne County, Michigan — population 9,624 as of 2020.
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HWPI Executive Director Kiff Hamp to Step Down at End of 2026
Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative Executive Director Kiff Hamp will leave the organization at the end of 2026 to become the founding CEO of a new nonprofit focused on expanding sports opportunities for Detroit youth. Hamp has led HWPI since 2022, during a period that included…
Community Groups & Organizations
Duo exhibition ‘What We Notice: Living in Art’ runs Oct. 2-23
Grosse Pointe artist Ashley Menth already knew Detroit artist Tzu Poré through their shared membership in the Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club. But it was seeing his work for the first time, at one of his exhibitions, that stopped her. “His work is multilayered and so…
Creatives & Arts
Optimists get TEK Ready
Robert Sewell Jr., CEO of TEK Ready Computer Learning Academy, visited the Lakeshore Optimist Club to introduce the club to the programs offered at the organization. TEK Ready Computer Learning Academy is a nonprofit, veteran-owned, Cisco Networking Academy and CompTIA academic…
Community Groups & Organizations
Michigan regulators OK DTE contracts for Google data center
Michigan's utility regulator voted unanimously Thursday to grant conditional approval for DTE Energy contracts to power Google's 1-gigawatt data center project in Van Buren Township.
Local Business
Defensive lineman Kenny Merrieweather balances goofy personality with leadership
On Nov. 27, 2021, high school junior Kenny Merrieweather got into his stance at defensive end for Detroit Martin Luther King High School, ready to pounce on an opportunity to make a play for his team in the Michigan state championship game against DeWitt High School. With 10:42…
Local Sports
ULS boys soccer rolling through fall
It was no secret when the season began that the biggest goal for the University Liggett School varsity boys soccer team was making it back to the Division 4 state championship game. There is still a little over a month before the state title game will be played and the Knights…
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- Bentley Field
- Detroit River Front
- Ecorse Community Events Committee
- Ecorse Parks & Recreation
- Ecorse Public Library
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Ecorse by the numbers
- Area
- 2.84 sq mi (7.35 km²), 0.88 sq mi water
- Median age
- 34.9
- Households
- 3,614
- Persons per household
- 2.5
- Median household income
- $40,241
- Median house value
- $65,400
- Office
- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- Address
- 3869 W JEFFERSON AVE, ECORSE, MI 48229