Haff s§ANcE Front Lines E,. DETROIT JEWISH NEWS DIGEST theJEW1SHNEWS.com Advertising Sales Publisher/President Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us Sales Director: Keith Farber kfarber@renmedia.us Account Executives: Ann G. Abrams, Jan Haskell, Melissa Litvin, Heidi Martin, Rick Nessel, Dharlene Norris Senior Sales Assistant: Kim Metzger It Takes A Village David Sachs Senior Copy Editor T he 23-year-old Heidelberg Project is an ongoing neigh- borhood art endeavor that has beautified a once desolate spot on Detroit's near east side. Project leaders now plan to create a Cultural Village in its area on and around Heidelberg Street between Gratiot and Mt. Elliott. With the assistance of Erb Foundation Vice President Jodee Fishman Raines, the project has received a $100,000 grant. In addition, it has hired its first director of development, Sharon Luckerman of Detroit. Luckerman, a former develop- ment officer at Wayne State University's School of Business Administration and former staff writer for the Detroit Jewish News, will team with Executive Director Jenenne Whitfield and the board to gain support for the village. This year has seen Heidelberg's found- er, artist Tyree Guyton, receive a Kresge Artist's grant and an honorary Ph.D. from the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit. Also, the project has moved headquarters to offices at Woodward and Watson in Detroit. Other community members working to aid the Heidelberg Project include Leor Barack of Steve Tobocman's non- profit Community Legal Resources, Mitch Alexander of Local Initiatives Support Corporation and Beth Diamond, an assis- tant professor at the University of Michigan. The planned Cultural Village will include a community center, themed-art houses and a playhouse-amphitheater. Beth All For Teddy WA , NS Birmingham-based Comfort Bears for Kids received a $6,000 check from Health Quest Physical Therapy's Health 011best 9-is`-:ZZ seventh annual charity golf :707:0E-COMEQ&Lar CO.Z71 outing to provide teddy ■ ----- DOLLARS bears for children in hospi- NOPI: t;" 295371723: tals and for other children's :137175935: 2008 NON-NEGOTIABLE charities. Shown are Johanna Baartmans and Steve Rabaut from Health Quest Physical Therapy, which has locations in Oakland and Macomb countries, and Gary Wachler, Sheri Mark and Eileene Wachler, directors of Comfort Bears for Kids (248-540-4622). rtlislCAI MIRA Business Offices Customer Service Asst.: Jan Shain Billing Coordinator: Pamela Turner Collections Analyst: Hazel Bender Creative Services creative@thejewishnews.com Creative Director: Deborah Schultz Production By VERTIS INC. Development Director Sharon Luckerman and artist-founder Tyree Guyton, right, bump fists with Heidelberg Project fans at a picnic this summer. Diamond has planned ecological housing for residents as well as gardens, meditation paths and small businesses. Local busi- nesses as well as apprenticeships for youth will help build the community. For information on the Heidelberg Project, contact Whitfield, (313) 510-3177, or Luckerman, (313) 203-1296, or visit the Web site, www.heidelberg.org . P1 U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra with Rabbi Levi Shemtov, head of the Washington office On The Stump U.S. House Republican Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia joined U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Holland at a fund- raiser in Washington for the Hoekstra for Governor campaign. More than 90 people attended this Jewish Republican event on Oct. 6 at the D.C. home of Lisa and Charlie Spies. Lisa is executive director of the National Women's Committee of the Republican Jewish Coalition. Charlie is an election-law attorney with McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP in Washington. 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