Educating community activists about the resources and best practices available for improving the quality of life in Detroit neighborhoods is the mission of the Vacant Property Coalition. Jon Zemke talks local empowerment with the group's Janai Gilmore.
Each year on Independence Day, Detroit’s African communities split up by country to face off in a series of games which last the entire nine hours of the picnic. But it's not about winning in the end, writes Ajooni Sethi, it's about building community.
Behind every start-up entrepreneur is a risk-tolerant investor. In Detroit, that’s likely to be the Detroit Development Fund, which has provided loans for small businesses like Astro Coffee and Good Girls Go to Paris. Dennis Archambault adds up the details.
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