Detroit has community buy-in for Solar Neighborhoods Initiative
With 139 square miles of land – some blighted or unused and ripe for repurposing – Detroit is well-positioned to develop solar farms to help power city buildings.
Resilient Neighborhoods
Model D has teamed up with The Kresge Foundation for a reporting and engagement series looking at community-building in Detroit neighborhoods. The series seeks to raise awareness about the work of 21 Community Development Organizations (CDOs), known as Detroit 21, currently receiving support from Kresge, while also amplifying the voices of residents in their respective neighborhoods.
Composting project empowers Detroiters to reduce food waste, protect the environment
Food waste makes up one-quarter of landfill waste and contributes to more methane emissions than other landfill materials. The Detroit Community Composting Collective Project is out to curb food waste by training backyard composters.
When facing eviction, Detroit tenants don’t have to stand alone
Before Detroit’s Right to Counsel ordinance, roughly 83 percent of landlords arrived in eviction court with attorneys, while only about 4 percent of tenants did.
Tracking history through stories
Long-time residents of Woodbridge tell stories of their diverse Detroit neighborhood through an oral history project meant to capture the essence of life in the area in decades past.
Organizations distributed $63 million for Detroit home repairs in 2024, new study says
Thirty community organizations distributed funds for home repairs across the city last year, helping Detroit homeowners maintain safe, healthy homes. Results of a new study will help organizations articulate their impact to funders, potentially leading to greater support for home repair programs.
Reviving Detroit’s Regent Park neighborhood
Impacted by decades of disinvestment, crime, poverty, and lack of resources and opportunity, Detroit’s Regent Park is experiencing a revival led by east side nonprofit LifeBUILDERS.
Detroit students bring food to seniors’ doorsteps
Older people are especially vulnerable to food insecurity for a variety of reasons. Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance fights that with food boxes – and has assembled a multigenerational team to make the deliveries happen.
Transforming Detroit neighborhoods from within
From gun violence reduction to youth mentorship and block revitalization, Negus Vu’s work blends data-driven strategy with genuine care.
Shade Salons grow Detroit’s tree canopy with community connections
Shade Salons is a collaboration between the City of Detroit and the Greening of Detroit that blends tree planting with community celebration.
Stabilizing Detroit’s neighborhoods, one house, one family at a time
For Detroiters who cannot qualify for a traditional mortgage, community development organizations use creative means to help individuals and families finance their first home.
