This is entirely maintained and funded with private funds. ... The ones that live here paid for and maintain it, so they ought to be the ones to enjoy it,

They're all terrorists except for the ones who are entirely innocent of everything.

Because we are federally funded (by Community Development Block Grant funds), we're open to nonresidents. The day after Eastpointe's center closed, we got a few Eastpointe seniors here. They were totally surprised -- a lot of them showed up to their senior center one day and found it padlocked.

A lot of times there are funds that weren't anticipated to be expended and you still have to stay on your feet.

[Downtown Now's funds to demolish the bridge were to have come from a combination of grants and private donations.] I only have the funds for a limited period of time, ... Things have to move forward. People expect their money to be used and not (kept) sitting in a bank somewhere.

The paid staff shouldn't be the only ones who minister. Everyone works here, and that's been a very pleasant surprise.