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.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the City of Detroit are seeking artists to design and paint what’s being billed as one of the largest municipal art installations in the city’s history.
The resident-led organizing and advocacy group is renovating a house in Southwest Detroit that will serve as a community space.
The portion of McNichols Road slated for improvements, from Greenlawn to Livernois Avenue, borders the Fitzgerald and Bagley neighborhoods, two neighborhoods identified by area Realtors as ones to watch for 2020.
Public Thrift opens in a retail space in The Corner development, located on the site of the old Tiger Stadium, as part of the Build Institute’s Pilot program.
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation recently announced is a $10 million grant for Invest Detroit, the nonprofit tasked with administering the city’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund.
It was just a year-and-a-half ago when Model D ran a feature spotlighting eight Detroit startups that could change the world. And one of those startups has experienced so much growth that they have been forced to open a new, bigger location.
Once complete, the development could result in more than 300 residential units, more than 10,000 square feet of retail space, a coworking space, new city roads, a new one-acre city park, and more — should all go as announced.
A crowdfunding campaign was launched on Thursday, Sept. 19, as part of the MEDC’s placemaking initiative, Public Spaces Community Places. Should the DDP successfully raise $50,000 by Tuesday, Nov. 19, the MEDC will contribute an additional $50,000 matching grant.
Henry Ford’s latest projects — a cancer pavilion, laundry facility, and arts-centric community hub — are a part of other Detroit institutions’ recent investment in the community.
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