MI First Credit Union new youth banking app helps establish healthy financial habits earlier
Michigan First Credit Union launched a free mobile banking app — Finley, for kids and teens to help develop healthy financial habits early.
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Life Remodeled transforms vacant school into opportunity hub campus for East Detroit neighborhood
Life Remodeled has transformed a former vacant school building, with financing help from IFF, to its second opportunity hub. Anchor Detroit, a campus in East Detroit, provides residents with economic, educational, and environmental mobility opportunities.
CRA proposed rollbacks could mean roadblocks for community development
Recently proposed rollbacks to the CRA would weaken bank obligations to invest, lend, and provide services to low and moderate-income communities. These rollbacks would be roadblocks to positive, impactful community development.
Minock Park Place provides new affordable senior housing for Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood’s older residents
In the heart of Detroit’s Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood, a 42-unit, mixed-use development has given senior citizens brand-new affordable housing. Minock Park Place was seven years in the making, and marks the first affordable senior housing community in the neighborhood, located at 19505 Grand River Ave. — a vital commercial and cultural artery.
CDFIs investments in childcare allows daycares like Detroit’s Lil Love Bugs to further invest in children’s futures
Childcare is not a family issue, but a workforce issue. Members of the MI CDFI Coalition showcase how investing in quality, affordable childcare and early childhood education positively impacts the entire community.
One Detroit Credit Union brings two new CDFI branches to serve the underserved, unbanked communities
In an effort to serve the underserved, One Detroit Credit Union is expanding its reach with two new branches, both in shuttered former financial institutions. In doubling-down on their commitment to provide more than banking to Metro Detroiters — these branches offer the community products, services and resources for financial health and wealth building.
Modular building, 3D construction paves way for innovative solutions to the housing crisis
As Michigan's affordable housing shortage continues, developers are exploring modular construction and 3D printing as innovative ways to reduce building time and address labor shortages.
Community developers’ pride for area fuels investment, catalyst for change, growth in Detroit neighborhoods
Community developers know, care for, and invest in their neighborhoods. Together with community development institutions (CDFIs), small development projects can have a huge impact on their neighborhoods, serving as a catalyst for future growth.
Detroit Housing for the Future Fund returns to drive affordable housing, stable neighborhoods
The second phase of the Detroit Housing for the Future Fund (DHFF) returns, offering communities across the city the opportunity for more affordable, stable neighborhoods.
Detroit Author Curtis Chin is bringing stories of family, food, and identity to Port Huron
Curtis Chin, an LGBTQ+ author, is visiting Port Huron on his Michigan Great Reads book tour. The moderated conversation and book signing of “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant” takes place on Thursday, April 16.
