Guest column: Open Streets Detroit proved the value of pedestrian zones
Open Streets Detroit closed 3.7 miles of road to vehicular traffic and opened it to people. Jessica Meyer recaps what took place during those two exciting days.
Southwest Detroit
Living Arts commemorates Mexican tradition with month-long series of events
?Living Arts, an organization that supports youth arts programming and does a lot of work with Southwest Detroit's Mexican-American community, will be holding an event on October 29 to honor the Dia de los Muertos.
Media technology school to open in former police precinct building in Southwest Detroit
Detroit School of Digital Technology (DSDT), a post-secondary school focused on 21st century media technologies, is moving into the old Detroit Police Department Third Precinct building.
Elementary school in Southwest Detroit fights neighborhood blight
Neinas Elementary School needs funding to complete their goal of redesigning land that was once three abandoned buildings.
Motor City Match completes first year of programming, 11 more businesses awarded grants
In the program's first year, Motor City Match has awarded $2 million in grants to 40 small businesses, leveraging over $13 million in total investment in the city.
Barbers and landscapers join forces to transform vacant city lots
The Buzz organizers have partnered local barbers and landscapers to creatively maintain overgrown vacant lots throughout the city.
Young creatives strengthen neighborhoods through art, community-driven funding
The resident-driven grant program, Community Connections, has helped fund numerous initiatives focused on uplifting Detroit's youth.
Local coffee shop gives back to Mexican farming town
Not only did Cafe Con Leche's owner and in-house roaster visit the town where their coffee is grown, they also decided to give back a percentage of each bag of coffee they sell to those same farmers.
Motor City Match seeks business and commercial property owners for third round of grants
There are four major award categories for which business and property owners can apply for a share of $500,000 in grant funding.
Matrix Theatre Company celebrates 25 years of performance, community, and social justice
As a part of its silver anniversary celebration, Matrix is putting on a production of "agua de luna," a bilingual work by award-winning playwright Caridad Svich.
