This Street View series on Detroit's corridors is made possible with support from the Ford Foundation. Model D highlights equitable development work and economic growth led by Detroit-based residents, grassroots organizations, and community development groups.
“This is a country of immigrants,” says Badrul Choudhury, owner of Quixend Money Transfer on Conant. “People come here for a better opportunity and to share that with their loved ones.” This is how they’re doing just that in Banglatown.
“The Covid-19 pandemic showed us the importance of safe, accessible green spaces in our neighborhoods,” says Rochelle Riley, Director of Arts and Culture for the City.
“Our promise to longtime Detroiters is that they won’t be pushed out by development, and nowhere is intervention needed more right now than in Corktown, which is seeing an unprecedented level of new development,” says Mayor Mike Duggan.
“These new stakeholders will help make us a sustainable organization in Detroit. We’re deeply grateful to all the organizations that believe in us, helping us become real players in the repository world of Detroit,” says Michelle Jahra McKinney, Executive Director of the DSC.
“As flooding events become even more frequent, further shining a light on Detroit’s outdated infrastructure, it’s extremely important that we continue to work with our partners in the event of another overwhelming rainfall,” says JEI CEO Josh Elling.
“It’s just amazing to see these families getting to enjoy something as prestigious as the DSO in their neighborhoods,” says Daniel A. Washington, founder and executive director of NW Goldberg Cares.
“It’s already a small group of people making films here, and it’s an especially smaller group of people of color doing it,” says Asia Hamilton, organizer of the inaugural Noir Cinema Film Festival.
“These small improvements add up to a significant increase in quality of life throughout the city,” says Sigal Hemy, DPC’s executive director.
“People don't think about it all the time — and especially if it's so accessible in their own community — but having a playground is so needed,” says Daniel A. Washington, founder and executive director of NW Goldberg Cares. Their new pocket park provides just that.
“We're trying to create more community through our spaces, whether that's in our facilities themselves or outside of them, and we just want to use whatever properties we have in support of that,” says Tom Habitz, urban planning specialist for Henry Ford Health.
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