Out of an abundance of caution surrounding COVID-19, Startup Story Night scheduled for Thursday, March 19 at Cliff Bell’s in Detroit has been postponed. The health and safety of our team and guests is a top priority of the New Economy Initiative and Model D, partners in the event.
Detroit is home to several coworking spaces but Raven Fisher didn't see a space that served her — a working mom of two who needed a place to get some work done while watching her kids play. That's when she decided to make her own space with Social Tykes.
Leaders from broadcast, radio, and online print media will gather in March to discuss diversity in Michigan's newsrooms, a conversation Oakland University's journalism department says is vital in the current media landscape.
By day, The Congregation will be a café offering coffee and pastries and by night there will be small, shareable snacks like cheese and meat boards and cocktails. No matter what time of day it is, the idea is to provide a gathering space for neighbors.
CODE313 provides Detroit schoolchildren opportunities to learn coding in a city that is considered the least connected in the U.S., according to the organization.
The Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance recently received a $50,000 grant from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to continue the program.
“The same way you get a physical, see a dentist, or an ear doctor, go and get a mental health checkup. It should be normalized in that way. That's the activism I'm fighting for,” Ken Walker says.
How do you get neighbors to engage if they don't see themselves in spaces? Through storytelling and photography initiative, community development corporation NW Goldberg Cares aims to capture neighbors' stories to feature in art park.
Started on the west side of Detroit by Sonia Brown, Auntie Na's Village aims to build a Nutrition House to combat food deserts in the city and provide a holistic approach to community health.
Founded in Detroit in 2013, Bamboo occupies four floors of the Julian C. Madison Building in downtown Detroit. The Royal Oak location, its second, is expected to open in the fall of 2020.
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