Grandmont Rosedale nonprofit to open Grand River Annex

Grand opening Feb. 10

I t will house Norwest Gallery of Art

A new food, art, music and retail hub is set to open Feb. 10 in northwest Detroit.

The nonprofit Grandmont Rosedale Development Corp. is heading the Grand River Annex in a 1,400-square-foot building it owns at 19556 Grand River Ave.

The Annex is funded for a year through a Kresge Foundation community revitalization grant of a little mroe than $100,000, said Larissa Richardson, program manager for Grandmont Rosedale.

Overall, it will be "centered around community engagement," Richardson said, aiming to draw in neighborhood residents.

The nonprofit will use the space for food- and retail-related events, and it will house the new Norwest Gallery of Art.

The gallery of African-American and African art from local and international artists will host monthly rotating exhibitions starting with "Détroit Noir: A Celebration of The Black Aesthetic" during Black History Month, which begins today. The gallery's name is a tribute to the Norwest Theater on Grand River, said Asia Hamilton, its founder and curator, in a news release.

A private soft opening Saturday will precede the Feb. 10 public opening, Richardson said.

Other businesses on the Grandmont Rosedale commercial strip include Detroit Vegan Soul and Pages Bookshop.