One man’s crusade to save Highland Park’s McGregor Library from decay
The project envisions community workshops, building tours, and a wedding venue.
Melinda Clynes's Latest Articles
Q&A: Winona Bynum of the Detroit Food Policy Council on upcoming conference, equity in food
Detroit Food 2017: Come Together takes place March 9 and 10 and will feature speakers and panels discussing how the food economy relates to issues of equity, health, policy, and more.
Peace, creativity, and motherhood: The best of Michigan Nightlight 2016
Before we launch into another year of stories about the issues, people, and programs that impact Detroit kids, we wanted to revisit the best-read 2016 Michigan Nightlight stories from Model D.
Diversity of people and perspectives on display at the Michigan Good Food Summit
An epidemiologist and a rock star walk into a summit about good food throughout Michigan. It's no joke. People from across Michigan are coming together to make sure people in the state have access to food that’s affordable, healthy, green, and fair.
Entrepreneurship and motherhood: Family first
Despite all the time required to start and run a business, mother entrepreneurs often do so because it allows them the flexibility to be close to their family.
Entrepreneurship and motherhood: Finding strength in overcoming bias
Women and minority entrepreneurs face an unfortunate amount of bias as business owners. But in the second part of our three part series on mother entrepreneurs, Melinda Clynes discovers the strength that comes from pushing through those biases.
Detroit’s mother entrepreneurs: these women started businesses and ended up with happy families
In the first of a three-part series looking at the challenges of being both a mother and entrepreneur, Melinda Clynes writes about women seeking financial independence in business.
Juice bar unites Grosse Pointe and Detroit kids around healthy food
The border between Grosse Pointe and Detroit is a study in contrasts. One entrepreneur is working to bridge that divide by bringing kids together to learn about healthy food.
Fighting food insecurity in Detroit
Food insecurity is one of the biggest challenges to the healthy development of young children in Detroit, but a number of groups and programs are working to change that.
Why you should pay attention to a new coalition’s recommendations for education in Detroit
Last week, the Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren issued a report that all who care about the city should pay attention to, whether they have children or not.
