Gail Taylor

How Detroit’s new Chase community manager can help empower your financial journey

With the help of local nonprofit partners who are invested in supporting an inclusive economy in Detroit, Chase is bringing more allies to your local bank branch who share the goal of empowering Detroiters to improve and achieve financial health.  

A Camp Carpenter participant works on a project with a counselor at Carpenter Park in Detroit.
Detroit’s privately owned parks make a big difference for their neighborhoods

Private individuals and nonprofits have established parks across the city to help advance equity, build community, provide services, and catalyze investment in underserved neighborhoods.

Mike's on the Water, St. Clair Shores
5 Macomb downtown areas to visit before summer ends

From New Baltimore to Romeo, here are five unique downtowns with great local vibes to check out. 

BUILD Institute to hold first signature fundraising event at the Aretha Amphitheater

BUILD Institute is a nonprofit organization that helps people turn their business ideas into reality by providing them with the necessary tools, resources, and support network in Detroit.

The new Commongrounds building on Eighth Street in Traverse City.
Commongrounds uses co-op model to serve missing needs of the community

Traverse City's Commongrounds is a mixed-use building, offering affordable housing, co-working space, a coffee shop, child education center, and performance venue. It's the first real estate cooperative in northern Michigan.

Produce at Forgotten Harvest's Client Choice Market
Forgotten Harvest’s Client Choice Market fosters dignity in food assistance

A premier food rescue organization serving Southeast Michigan is changing how it delivers healthy, nutritious meals to people in need by providing a shopping experience to center families’ choices.

Notable artists in Metro Detroit you should know about

From performance to pixels, we caught up with four artists you should have on your radar. Just remember, you saw them here first.

Produce from the Youth Mentor Garden at Marquette Park in Wyoming, Mich.
Youth Mentor Gardens grow food, family, and community in Detroit and Grand Rapids area

At two Youth Mentor Gardens, participating teens and their families work together to plant, weed, water, mulch, and harvest produce.

Mark Witte
CCBHCs extend mental health care to more Michiganders despite challenges

Michigan was added to the country's list of certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) demonstration states back in the summer of 2020, with 29 counties throughout the lower peninsula operating CCBHCs through their community mental health agencies.

Teen HYPE, Model D partner for youth journalism workshop

The goal of the workshops is to familiarize students with solutions journalism, a model of reporting that brings to light solutions to social problems.

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