Quicken Loans provide volunteers to the monthly Salvation army gathering.

Why Jefferson Chalmers planners and nonprofits can’t stop thinking about seniors

Older adults have a growing presence in Jefferson Chalmers, and planners and service providers are taking their needs into consideration.

Jefferson Chalmers community empowerment event
Join us on April 19 for a Jefferson Chalmers storytelling event!

Join Model and the Manistique Community Treehouse Center for a two-day Jefferson Chalmers community empowerment event.

Macomb Community College is building talent for the mobility workforce with a variety of degrees and certificates.
Multi-skilled mobility technicians cultivated at community college

A good living, especially in the mobility sector, does not necessarily require a university degree. We dig in to how one community college prepares forward-thinking tech minds for a career in mobility.

Harriet McPhail recently relocated from her home of many years in Delray.
Detroit’s home swap program transformed these sisters’ lives

A grassroots coalition fought hard to set up a Detroit home swap program. Now it's having life-changing results.

Detroit in transit
The future of mobility in Detroit is more fixed route transit

For all the talk of the future of mobility taking root in Detroit, 91 percent of trips are still completed in private cars.

Startup storytellers inspire Marble Bar audience with tales of woe and resilience

'Don't Call It a Comeback', the third annual Startup Story Night co-presented by the New Economy Initiative and Model D, was hosted by Shannon Cason with musical accompaniment ONEFREQ. Check out the stories here.

Tammy Black photographed inside the Greenhouse at Community Empowerment Garden.
Photo Essay: Women of Jefferson Chalmers

In honor of Women's History Month, we've compiled a photo essay on women in Jefferson Chalmers.

Mobility Moments Podcast: Elaina Farnsworth, The NEXT Education

Mobility talent development stretches across the entire mobility infrastructure. Listen as we chat with Elaina Farnsworth, CEO of The NEXT Education, a Michigan-based company that is preparing workers to support the dynamic and rapid-growing mobility ecosystem.

Two Detroiters engage in a conversation during the Better Arguments event.
Can new and long-time Detroiters get along better by making better arguments?

Better Arguments brings newcomers and established Detroiters together for transformative dialogue.

MI Smart Factory Tours expose talent to high-tech advanced manufacturing

Michigan is one of the few global places where high tech and advanced manufacturing intersect. Through a series of smart factory tours, Automation Alley is exposing the brightest minds to the power--and sexiness--of Industry 4.0.

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