Southwest Detroit

Schlann DIllard's mobility opportunities have opened up thanks to a new wheelchair ramp.

Home repair programs increase accessibility, alleviate stressors for Detroit residents

It's not always easy to get a home repair or accessibility modification grant, but there are a variety of options in the Detroit area. Here's what you need to know about what's out there.

SFC members gather to grow food and learn how to cook.
Resilient Neighborhoods: This novel program is teaching SW Detroit youth garden-to-table food skills

UNI's Southwest Food Cultivators program is giving local teens an understanding of food that starts with a seed and ends on a plate.

Phyllis Edwards and Dan Commer at the new pocket park.
Resilient Neighborhoods: This SW Detroit neighborhood will soon have a new pocket park and greenway

These once-neglected Detroit parks are getting a new lease on life — and some neighboring amenities — through a collaboration between local nonprofits and community members.

Maria Salinas with CoC staff.
Resilient Neighborhoods: Maria Salinas shares her perspectives on community organizing in SW Detroit

Maria Salinas of Congress of Communities offers insights on mentoring future leaders and serving residents through neighborhood organizing.

“The Southwest Greenway will make it easy and fun for people living and working on the west side of Detroit to get to the Detroit Riverfront,” says Matt Cullen, chairman, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy.
Rails to trails: Work begins on the Southwest Greenway

“The Southwest Greenway will make it easy and fun for people living and working on the west side of Detroit to get to the Detroit Riverfront,” says Matt Cullen, chairman, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy.

Christine Bell is the director of the SW Detroit nonprofit UNI.
Resilient Neighborhoods: Christine Bell of UNI shares insights on SW Detroit resiliency

In this Q&A, Model D speaks with the director of a Detroit nonprofit about the impact of COVID, floods and other challenges facing residents of the city's Southwest Detroit.

Construction barricades stand near the site of a former marijuana dispensary in Delray.
Resilient Neighborhoods: Delray earth upheaval incident raises concerns for SW Detroit neighborhood

An unusual geological event in Southwest Detroit mobilized community residents and stakeholders to demand action and answers. Now the findings of a city investigation have been released. But what does that mean for the neighborhood? 

Taqueria El Rey is located at 4730 Vernor Hwy. in Detroit.
Crowdfunding campaign launched to help reopen Taqueria El Rey after devastating fire

A fundraising campaign has been launched for Taqueria El Rey, the small but mighty family-owned restaurant in Southwest Detroit that suffered serious fire damage on Saturday, Jan. 29.

Jason Jones of Tekton Development
What impact are minority developers having on Detroit’s skyline?

These four Detroit developers are sharing their perspectives on minority development in the Motor City.

Khalid el-Hakim
Mobile museum sees Black history on the move in Michigan

Detroit-born Khalid el-Hakim’s mobile museum has evolved into one of the biggest collections of African American history and artifacts in the country. Now the pioneer in Black Museum Studies is touring Michigan, from Bloomfield Hills to Beaver Island. 

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