The
Community Foundation's Detroit Neighborhood Fund announced $4 million in grants to benefit Detroit’s near-eastside neighborhoods These are the first program grants to be made from the foundation's $15 million Detroit Neighborhood Fund, which was made possible by a partnership with the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
Grantees include:
$1.25 million to the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. for the
Jefferson Retail Readiness Program. A bistro to be located in the Kean Apartments has already been allocated $100,000 from the program.
Shorebank Enterprise Detroit was granted $150,000 towards the financing of
Downtown Foodland.
New Urban Learning will receive $1.5 million for site acquisition and construction of University Prep Science and Math High School to be built in the Riverfront Development District.
$250,000 to Communities in Schools of Detroit for the Riverfront Village Schools Initiative, which will work to build community partnerships in all 16 public and private schools in the area.
Friends School in Detroit was granted $225,000 for a community building initiative involving the Lafayette Park and Elmwood neighborhoods.
Economic Development Corporation of the City of Detroit will received $100,000 for planning of the extension of the Dequindre Cut across Gratiot into Eastern Market.
Other grantees include the
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy ($500,000), Adult Well-Being Services ($150,000) and a partnership between Adult Well-Being Services and
Villages Community Development Corp. ($35,000).
Source: CFSEM
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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