In Detroit communities hit hardest by COVID-19, solar power projects provided some relief and continuity of service this year. For engineers and entrepreneurs Ali Dirul and Karanja Famodou, renewable energy is not just about the sustaining the environment, it's about sustaining equity.
As many businesses adapt to stay afloat amid great challenges such as finding and keeping frontline workers, the Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA) has launched “Shop Southwest Detroit,” a one-stop e-commerce shop featuring local businesses, to help owners and entrepreneurs adapt and bridge the digital divide.
The pandemic hasn't been easy for Southwest Detroit businesses, but they're doing their best to roll with the punches.
COVID-19 has made their work more difficult, but these Detroit community development organizations are still doing their utmost to support elders during this difficult time.
Neighborhoods around Detroit are changing. And community development organizations across the city are trying to bring community members' voices into the conversation about what's happening.
A new Model D project is aimed at helping citizen journalists cover news of what's happening in the communities where they live.
Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez has come a long way from selling cheesecakes door-to-door in Southwest Detroit as a kid. Now the co-founder of Southwest Detroit Restaurant Week owns his own marketing agency and works toward bringing equity to minority- and immigrant-owned businesses: "I want to continue a legacy that doesn’t start or end with me.”
Southwest Detroit will soon be home to two new youth centers. And at these spaces youth are having a say every step of the way.
With a focus on the city’s often-overlooked neighborhoods, a nonprofit collaboration is taking a personal approach to providing training, resources, and support for Detroit’s entrepreneurs, witnessing the ripple effect that investment creates.
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.
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