From screwdrivers to digital expertise, this East Side Community Development Organization has embraced some unique approaches to helping local businesses expand and thrive.
More robust mental health care delivery and reduced stigma are among the silver linings emerging from the COVID cloud.
Sometimes, people only learn about the importance of their score when a credit application gets rejected. It is important to start building your credit before you need to use it,” says Chase Bank's Detroit Community Manager, Stacie Hunter.
A program called InPACT offers schools strategies that deliver 20 minutes of daily physical activity in the classroom.
“I really think West McNichols may seem different than Livernois today, but I think it's the same. I think it's in the same book,” says Dr. Geneva J. Williams, executive director of the Live6 Alliance. “They may be different chapters, but it’s the same book: revitalizing the commercial corridors, which in turn will help revitalize neighborhoods.”
"In caring for people, it can be a challenge when others, justifiably, want to know your measurable outcomes," says Todd Gordon, volunteer executive director of WAVE Project. "But, when somebody asks me how we're helping people not be homeless, I say, we're not. That's not why we exist. We exist to love people first."
“The FAM Program doubles down on our efforts across all of our funds to improve the odds for founders who have historic and systemic barriers to finding the capital they need to advance,” says Patti Glaza, managing director of Invest Detroit Ventures.
Artist Emily Swift's first NFT experiment, 33 prints listed at $1,400 each, sold out within 45 minutes. Detroit duo Dorota and Steve Coy sold their first NFT, “First Contact,” for $100,000 last year. But can non-fungible tokens be an answer to the instability artists often face? It's complicated.
Lisa Johanon opens up about the Central Detroit Christian nonprofit's business efforts, which include City Soup and the Peaches & Greens market.
What does a worker-owned small business look like? The team behind Data Driven Detroit discuss their new model and why they wanted a democratic, responsibility-driven workplace.
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