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$500K Skillman grant will help connect 5,000 Detroit kids with summer jobs

Grow Young Detroit Talent is a collaboration between local employers and the city of Detroit, led by Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration. It aims to connect 5,000 14-to-24-year-olds with jobs this summer.

A recent BUILD class
BUILD partners with Etsy to offer craft entrepreneurship classes in Detroit

Etsy is coming to Detroit thanks to a partnership with a local nonprofit, BUILD Institute.

The Slope team
Detroit startup Slope makes cut for prestigious Microsoft Venture Accelerator

The 1-year-old company is one of 14 startups from across North America to earn an invitation to the accelerator (more than 500 applied) and the only Detroit-based startup.

Video Progress, not prestige, motivates Detroit Revitalization Fellows

The Detroit Revitalization Fellows are talented mid-career leaders stimulating progress within Detroit’s civic, community, and economic development landscape. This video highlights their collaborative efforts on the Motor City Mapping project.

How Motor City Mapping became a template for citywide collaboration

The Motor City Mapping project captured vital information on the condition of each of Detroit's 375,000+ parcels. It may have also created a template for citywide collaboration.

Challenge Detroit doubles staff after it hires two former fellows
Video Detroit Revitalization Fellows hustle harder

In this video, three Detroit Revitalization Fellows talk about their day jobs, which are all focused on improving life in the city, and their extracurricular entrepreneurial activities, which do much the same.

Wayne State University issues call for new cohort of Detroit Revitalization Fellows
After two-year fellowship, dedication to improving the city keeps three fellows in Detroit

Three members of the Detroit Revitalization Fellows inaugural cohort are committed to continuing their work to improve the city well beyond their fellowship term.

Fellowship helps Detroiters find their way home

They say you can't go home again, but three Detroit Revitalization Fellows have used their fellowship to get back to Michigan and do meaningful work in the city.

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