Because January is so often associated with healthy habits, it’s no wonder that it is also Financial Wellness Month. We sat down with Gail Taylor, local Community Manager from the Chase branch on Michigan Avenue, to discuss setting and protecting goals for a successful financial journey.
Jefferson East, Inc. estimates that at least 160 homes are currently in need of furnace repairs, a result of last year’s historic rainfall.
PNC commitments continue a historical collaboration with The Kresge Foundation to benefit Marygrove Conservancy.
From charming urban forests to abandoned landmarks restored to grandeur, here are some of the projects we’ll have our eyes on this year.
These four Detroit developers are sharing their perspectives on minority development in the Motor City.
"With each of our children, we strive to meet three long-term goals: to ensure they graduate from high school, to keep them out of the juvenile justice system, and to help prevent them from becoming teen parents. Our mentors spend at least four one-on-one hours a week with their children, two hours in the classroom and two outside of it, exploring and sharing activities and experiences together."
The Battle Creek Family YMCA has implemented a variety of initiatives to address lack of access to fresh food and vegetables in its community.
While a lack of financial resources impacts the Detroit school district’s ability to obtain quality textbooks and teachers, these parents are making it work.
"Transforming those four vacant lots started with a vision, and I believe that when you have a vision and put it out into the universe, you attract what you need and everything falls into place," Gray says. "But, it's not enough to have a vision. You need to put in hard work and you need money. And in this case our community needed money to make the garden a reality."
“It's an opportunity for white leaders to better understand their whiteness, to deconstruct it and work for racial equity...people get to remain whole because that’s the goal, that people actually feel they have agency and power to change oppression and racism."
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