Believe the HYPE: Nonprofit Prepares for Opening of Dearborn Heights Community Center
HYPE Athletics will host a fundraiser and ribbon cutting at their new facility on Friday, May 4.
Just 18 months ago, HYPE Athletics broke ground for its new facility in Dearborn Heights . And on Monday, May 14, the 104,000 square foot facility–located on Warren Avenue just west of Hines Drive–will officially open for business. A visit to the facility now shows a mixture of a happy calm and frantic preparations. Crews paint walls, pound hammers and talk logistics. HYPE staff–waiting for their new offices to be completed–work at whatever free space they can find. But even as the finishing touches are added, the foundation paints a clear picture of the vision of HYPE’s newest chapter: a $6.8 million, full-service community center, serving thousands of local families in Wayne County and beyond with everything from sports and recreation …
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Frank Lee
2:43 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Mayor wants nothing to do with hype and for good reason. Distancing our recreation department from this shady group is one of the few intelligent moves he has done. This property is in Dearborn Heights, and was owned by Wayne county and has absolutely nothing to do with Dearborn. more ›