Their tours have been canceled and their incomes disrupted. But local musicians have also found new ways to connect with fans and been inspired to create surprising new projects.
ISAIC, in collaboration with the City of Detroit, the Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s Pure Michigan Business Connect, Rock Family of Companies, and Empowerment Plan, is working to mobilize local apparel manufacturers to produce standardized PPE and automate the mass production of surgical masks.
To keep businesses that are used to engaging with customers at brick-and-mortar spaces in a time when residents are told to stay home, the newly launched Detroit Help Hub from marketing firm 2gathr and online publication Detroitisit hopes to give entrepreneurs a way to connect to customers.
As hospitals around the state – and the globe – experience a shortage of protective medical gear due to coronavirus, Detroit apparel manufacturers have stepped in to dedicate their factories to producing masks while creating jobs in an uncertain economy.
To help attract and keep college-educated young professionals in the city, Challenge Detroit launched in 2012, when the city was facing steep population losses and looming bankruptcy. On average, 84% of fellows stay in Detroit after their fellowship year.
From coworking spaces to residential homes transformed into literary centers, local writers of all ages can find community all around town.
Fatou-Seydi Sarr hopes to bridge the resource and information access gap by increasing the visibility of Detroit's black and African immigrants.
Being smaller can have its advantages. These boutique Detroit marketing firms understand what it takes to survive and thrive in the city's fast-paced business environment.
Daniel Washington, 25, founded Original Creativity in 2017 to help revitalize his home neighborhood of NW Goldberg, an area that's been heavily disinvested over the years but sees change from development on the horizon.
As part of our effort to profile neighborhood innovators, we created a map of where these people do the majority of their work to show how amazing individuals can be found in every corner of the city.
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