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.

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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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