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Longform The Ribbon, a new mixed-use development in East English Village, includes 18 rental units reserved for tenants making 80% or less of the area median income.

What does "affordable housing" mean in Detroit?

What does "affordable housing" actually mean in Detroit, what forms does it take, and who lives in it? We spoke to several local experts to separate jargon, stereotypes, and misconceptions from reality.

Longform Care Model Training recipients Dinora Quintanilla (far left) and Kim Poplaski (far right) with Care Model Training facilitator Vanessa Jimenez (center).

New training helps Kent County providers better connect residents in need to resources

Health Net of West Michigan's new Care Model Training provides frontline navigators with tools and tactics to better help residents access health care and social services.

Longform Mary Marsh, Juliana Fulton, and Kenyetta Campbell at Greenview-Wadsworth Park in Detroit. Recent improvements at the park were informed by the city of Detroit's equity metric for parks.

Metro Detroit parks' equity practices bring park improvements, more culturally competent programs

Parks systems are making internal changes to bake equity into how they operate as organizations.

Feature Story Dr. Paul Thomas celebrates the August 2024 opening of a new Plum Health branch in Royal Oak. He founded the practice in 2016 and this location marks the sixth branch across Michigan.

A Detroit doc sought to bring back house calls and curb costs. Now, more Michiganders are on board.

“We tell people if you can afford a cell phone bill for your family you can probably afford direct primary care for your family,” he says.

Feature Story Behind the scenes of "Sugar Boys"

Go behind the scenes of a made-in-Detroit flick -- and see how DIY creatives are beating the odds

In spite of a lack of infrastructure, independent films and television continued to churn out -- and at a much faster clip in recent years.

Feature Story Rashard Dobbins leads Class Act Detroit

From Episcopal Church to House of Hip-Hop: Class Act Detroit inspires young people through the artsNonprofit Journal Project

Rashard Dobbins, founder of arts organization Class Act Detroit, tells youth they don't have to be an DJ, muralist or dancer. He would be delighted if they became a nurse who does murals or a preacher that raps.

Feature Story Shanin Green-Flowers (left) is Director of Housing Services at U SNAP BAC on Detroit’s East Side and Jawana Jackson (right) is Director of Programs

East Side seniors better equipped to age in place with home repair grants and educationResilient Neighborhoods

Grants of $2,000 helped 35 seniors living in East Side Detroit homes with replacement doors, repairs to porch steps or radiators, electrical work, and other home fixes to keep them safe and healthy.

Longform In Detroit, a truck drives on Jefferson Ave. while smoke billows from Zug Island.

Wayne County air quality monitors alert residents and inspire clean air action

Wayne County is tackling its air quality crisis with a new network of 100 hyperlocal monitors, launched in partnership with environmental service company JustAir to track pollution in real time.

Longform K-Connect's data dashboard for Kent County.

Local health statistics are a click away as community health dashboards proliferate in Michigan

Community health dashboards are readily available online resources that compile various health data for different regions.

Feature Story JoJo's Fall

Is this Detroit's most outrageous fall dessert? Shake bar goes over the top

Have you tried a Pumpkin Patch Shake? This over-the-top dessert is a pumpkin-flavored shake topped with a toasted marshmallow, toffee pretzel, ginormous taffy apple, and a whole slice of pumpkin pie.

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