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The River Runs Deep

Julie Donovan, 56, prays outside of an old Catholic church that shut down several years ago on the east side of Monroe. "It is so quiet here, you can feel the spirit here, it's so quiet and peaceful. I come here every morning," says Donovan who is a drug addict and usually homeless.

Donovan claims that in a couple days, she needs to turn herself in at the court for not paying $475 bill at an apartment complex 15 years ago.

Monroe is a small, mostly working class town half way between Detroit, MI and Toledo, OH. Its biggest claim to fame is being the headquarters of Lazy Boy Corporation. Lazy Boy no longer manufactures furniture here. It imports it from China. Two paper mills and a number of car factories (including Ford) used to operate in the area. They are all gone now. Jobs that are still available in the area are low paying and mostly in the service industry.


06/12/2016

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Julie Donovan, 56, prays outside of an old Catholic church that shut down several years ago on the east side of Monroe. "It is so quiet here, you can feel the spirit here, it's so quiet and peaceful. I come here every morning," says Donovan who is a drug addict and usually homeless. <br /> <br /> Donovan claims that in a couple days, she needs to turn herself in at the court for not paying $475 bill at an apartment complex 15 years ago. <br /> <br /> Monroe is a small, mostly working class town half way between Detroit, MI and Toledo, OH. Its biggest claim to fame is being the headquarters of Lazy Boy Corporation. Lazy Boy no longer manufactures furniture here. It imports it from China. Two paper mills and a number of car factories (including Ford) used to operate in the area. They are all gone now. Jobs that are still available in the area are low paying and mostly in the service industry. <br /> <br /> <br /> 06/12/2016<br /> <br /> Photo by Marcin Szczepanski, All Rights Reserved