From transforming a corner store into a gathering space to a farmers market that showcases local businesses, here's how some neighborhoods are enhancing experiences for community residents.
We Are Culture Creators, a nonprofit that offers arts and entrepreneurship programming for young men of color in Detroit, seeks to transform the vacant lots into La Esquina, a mini-market and arts enclave next to their headquarters on Bagley Street.
Detroit entrepreneur Deirdre Roberson doesn't fit a mold. And the scientist-turned-fashion-designer doesn't want you to, either. “People will say to me ‘you look like a model,’ but why did nobody ever tell me ‘you look like a scientist’? We are complex. We are multidimensional people.”
Construction has begun on The Murray, the block-long redevelopment of historic row homes in Hubbard Farms in Southwest Detroit.
Sheltering in place doesn't have to mean we have to stop enjoying music. Here's how artistically inclined Detroiters are sharing their creative talents with their communities.
Opioid overdose deaths are on the rise in Detroit. After a lifetime of addiction, one Detroiter found the road to recovery with the help of a local nonprofit health care clinic.
It's sweater weather, meaning it's time for cider and doughnuts, trick-or-treating, and more. Check out these Detroit fall traditions.
Screen printing helped steer Southwest Detroit native David Camarena off the wrong path as a youth. Now he wants to do the same for others through Stitching Up Detroit.
In Southwest Detroit, Girl Scouts are building confidence in STEM through immersive programs like robotics. We spent time with three young robot programmers and talked with Telva McGruder, General Motors engineer and chair of the board of directors at Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan, to get the bigger picture.
Southwest Detroit's culture and creative talent will be the focus of NOIS, a community arts hub adjacent to Garage Cultural.
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