Evelyn Johnston

Board Member, Detroit RiverFront Conservancy

River East Alliance

Johnston represents the Riverfront East Alliance, (REAL). She has been a resident of the Lafayette/Elmwood Park downtown community for more than 30 years. She became actively involved because of common issues facing residents and became a member of Federation 213 an organization that encouraged cooperatives to come together on issues such as taxes, insurance, water and sewage costs and interior and exterior upkeep. Johnston became a member of Citizen District Council. She was an educator by profession, teaching in the Detroit Public Schools, then retiring.