DETROIT, Mich. (WXYZ) — The newly renovated Helen Moore Community Center officially opened Saturday on Detroit's west side.

The building, formerly known as the Dexter-Elmhurst Community Center, was renamed to honor Helen Moore, a longtime Detroit activist who has spent six decades fighting to improve education for Black children in the city.

"I'm so happy that it's completed and I will be here quite often," Moore said.

Moore also led the fight to reopen the community center on Dexter Avenue after it closed in 2019.

"It was totally empty in there, there were all kinds of violations, that's why we lost the center but it wasn't done by us, it was done by the people who owned the center and they kept changing ownership," Moore said.

The city took over ownership of the building and complet

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