Spruce up in Southwest Detroit
Infrastructure is powering southwest Detroit’s small business resilience with help from Southwest Detroit Business Association.
Detroit Neighborhoods Next
What’s next for Detroit’s neighborhoods—and who is helping shape that future?
Detroit Neighborhoods Next explores how residents of all ages, community organizations, and local businesses are shaping the future of Detroit’s neighborhoods. Through an intergenerational approach, this Model D series brings together the experiences of longtime residents and the perspectives of younger generations to examine local challenges, community-led solutions, and opportunities for lasting change.
The series includes Voices of Youth, which supports young people in developing journalism skills and telling stories about their communities. Together, the reporting highlights how Detroit neighborhoods can grow in ways that reflect the needs, ideas, and aspirations of the people who call them home.
Previously known as Resilient Neighborhoods, the series is supported by The Kresge Foundation.
Previously known as Resilient Neighborhoods, the series is supported by The Kresge Foundation.
A vision for mushrooms as part of Detroiters’ everyday wellness routine
A Detroit mushroom farm and cafe owner bet on his city, and the response is sprouting business growth and expansion.
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.
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.
