If there’s one thing Harmony Village embodies best, it’s strong resilience. From the 1970s to the early 2000s, this small northwest Detroit neighborhood lost over half of its population due to urban blight. But with community support, city grants and revitalization efforts, Harmony Village kept up the good fight and has been steadily rebuilding and bringing back its former spark with a new influx of residents and renewed suburban appeal. “Within the last several years, there’s been a lot of re-investment,” says Jocelyn Turner, founder of the Harmony Village Association and local resident since 1996. “The city has done a lot to promote the affordability of the city itself and different incentives have been put out to encourage people to do more investing.” With these latest efforts, the market is back on an upswing. “We’ve seen renovated homes being purchased in recent years, and home values have gone up because of this,” Turner says. “It’s an exciting time for Harmony Village.” Residents get to experience what it’s like to step back in time when walking through Harmony Village’s beautiful residential neighborhoods. Most homes were built in the 1920s and 1930s and exhibit