In this Q&A, Model D speaks with the director of a Detroit nonprofit about the impact of COVID, floods and other challenges facing residents of the city's Southwest Detroit.
Asking timely questions and profiling innovative projects, the Block by Block series has been taking a look at minority-driven development in Detroit. And over the last year, it's covered a lot of ground.
An unusual geological event in Southwest Detroit mobilized community residents and stakeholders to demand action and answers. Now the findings of a city investigation have been released. But what does that mean for the neighborhood?
This unique grant is aimed at elevating established local businesses to the next level. Here's what it's been doing in Detroit.
These four Detroit developers are sharing their perspectives on minority development in the Motor City.
This Detroit nonprofit is the first group in the state to pilot a new heart health self-monitoring program.
Placemaking and communty-oriented development can take a lot of different forms. Here are three minority-led Detroit development efforts that are putting community up front in their work.
Transit in Metro Detroit costs low-income people of color disproportionately more in terms of costs, travel time, and access to their jobs or job opportunities. COVID has made it worse, but these are longstanding problems— and proposed responses would require political will to implement them.
Ever heard of a climate resilience hub? After Michigan's flooding issues this year, hubs for community members to go for assistance, especially during a natural emergency, are growing in number and strength in Metro Detroit and the city itself. They're getting noticed. Reporter David Sands investigates what kind of impact they may have on our future, and who is making them happen.
In a little over a decade, a small faith-based nonprofit has grown into a charitable powerhouse on Detroit's East Side. Now it's navigating the pandemic while remaining focused on core principles.
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