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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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," [2]
In 2012, as part of the 100 Houses project, volunteers boarded up various vacant houses in Osborn. [3]
Osborn is bounded by 8 Mile Road, McNichols Road, Gratiot Avenue, and Van Dyke. [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." [4]
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, 1.4% reporting more than one race, and .7% Hispanic and Latino; the Hmong people were most of the Asians in Osborn. The report said that the Hmong, which numbered at 560, "had established a tight-knit community in Osborn". [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 Hmong population declined by 66%. Most Hmong moving from Osborn settled in Macomb County, mainly in Hmong communities in Warren and Center Line. [6] In addition, some Hmong moved to Sterling Heights. [7]
According to Matthew Lewis of Model D, the language differences and other factors made the black population perceive the Hmong as being "insular" and make false assumptions about the Hmong. [7]
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. [8] [9] Most of Osborn is zoned to Osborn High School while a portion is zoned to Pershing High School. [10]
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. [11] Middle schools formerly serving Fleming included Genesis EL/MS and Farwell; Farwell was outside of Osborn. [12]
Fleming is now the Fleming Administration Building. The Early Childhood / Pre-Kindergarten Office is based out of the Fleming Administration Building. [13] 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 in Osborn include Bessy Playfield, Wish Egan Playfield, Marruso Playground, Calimera Park and the Lipke Recreation Center. [14] Bessy Playfield is adjacent to Brenda Scott School. [15]
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. [16]
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