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INTRODUCING
THE FOUNDER OF THE
BLIGHT
BUSTERS, JOHN J. GEORGE
John George is president of Motor City Blight Busters. George, who
had previously been involved in
the family insurance business,
decided improving his city was his calling and
sold
the insurance
business to found the
neighborhood organization. Sixteen years later, it has become one
of the premier
non-profit community housing development organizations in the state.
Blight Busters has evolved into a diverse non-profit whose program
focus on neighborhood
stabilization
and revitalization while uplifting the human spirit and dignity.
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John
J. George
Founder Of Motor City Blight Busters
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John George with State Of Michigan
Governor, Jennifer Granholm |
- HUMANITARIAN AWARDS -
2006
The SCLC Gertrude Power Award
2006
The Comcast Beacon Award
2005
Kellum
Mortgage
1998
John
George earns "Point of
Light"
Presidential Award
1995
John George receives "Michigainian of
the Year" honor from The Detroit News
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"ONCE UPON A CRACK HOUSE"
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A TRUE STORY-
John J. George, a native northwest Detroiter, was fed up with drug
dealers in his neighborhood. After years of pleading with the city
to shut down a drug house
around the corner from his home, George took matters into his own
hands.
After purchasing some plywood and paint, George went to the crack
house and
proceeded to board it up. He cut the grass surrounding the house.
Some neighbors came out of their houses to help.
In a matter of hours the house was boarded and painted, the lot was
cleared and the
structure was secured. When the drug dealers who had been inhabiting
the house
arrived that evening they were locked out - and they went away and
did not return!
See The Good That One Person Can Do And Multiply It!
This Is What Blight Busters Is All About.
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