Resilient Neighborhoods: How COVID-19 rewrote the rules for community engagement in Detroit
Detroit nonprofits have adopted new strategies to reach communities during the pandemic.
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Looking to buy? Here are Detroit’s hottest residential neighborhoods in 2021, according to Realtors
From historic low mortgage rates to virtual tours, COVID-19 has dramatically changed the home-buying process. Realtors tell Model D about the trends they're seeing — and where to buy.
COVID-19 shines a light on accessible solar power’s role in Detroit communities
In Detroit communities hit hardest by COVID-19, solar power projects provided some relief and continuity of service this year. For engineers and entrepreneurs Ali Dirul and Karanja Famodou, renewable energy is not just about the sustaining the environment, it's about sustaining equity.
Southwest Detroit Business Association launches ‘online megastore’ to support local small businesses
As many businesses adapt to stay afloat amid great challenges such as finding and keeping frontline workers, the Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA) has launched “Shop Southwest Detroit,” a one-stop e-commerce shop featuring local businesses, to help owners and entrepreneurs adapt and bridge the digital divide.
Resilient Neighborhoods: As COVID-19 intensifies, SW Detroit businesses roll up their sleeves
The pandemic hasn't been easy for Southwest Detroit businesses, but they're doing their best to roll with the punches.
Resilient Neighborhoods: How two Detroit nonprofits are helping seniors stay engaged
COVID-19 has made their work more difficult, but these Detroit community development organizations are still doing their utmost to support elders during this difficult time.
Resilient Neighborhoods: Detroit nonprofits respond to the gentrification question
Neighborhoods around Detroit are changing. And community development organizations across the city are trying to bring community members' voices into the conversation about what's happening.
These 6 Detroiters will share stories about their neighborhoods as Model D community correspondents
A new Model D project is aimed at helping citizen journalists cover news of what's happening in the communities where they live.
Immigrant entrepreneur uses culinary connection to feed a vision for Detroit
Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez has come a long way from selling cheesecakes door-to-door in Southwest Detroit as a kid. Now the co-founder of Southwest Detroit Restaurant Week owns his own marketing agency and works toward bringing equity to minority- and immigrant-owned businesses: "I want to continue a legacy that doesn’t start or end with me.”
Partner Partner Content Detroit nonprofits take a ‘family’ approach to help entrepreneurs get financially savvy
With a focus on the city’s often-overlooked neighborhoods, a nonprofit collaboration is taking a personal approach to providing training, resources, and support for Detroit’s entrepreneurs, witnessing the ripple effect that investment creates.
