Next Detroit Neighborhoods Initiative turns nonprofit to continue funding
The initiative to fix up six Detroit neighborhoods is now a nonprofit.
Called Next Detroit Neighborhoods, the initiative went nonprofit in
order to attract more funding to get the job done.
The initiative to fix up six Detroit neighborhoods is now a non-profit. Called Next Detroit Neighborhoods, the initiative went non-profit in order to attract more funding to get the job done.
Excerpt:
Launched just over a year ago to revitalize six Detroit neighborhoods
over five years, the program has leveraged $8.9 million in funding from
private foundations, the business community and the state through
Cities of Promise grants, said Pamela Moore, director of operations for
the program and one of its six employees.
But it hopes to raise
another $91 million for work in those six neighborhoods and additional
funding beyond that to support future revitalization in other parts of
the city.
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