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.

A young neighborhood resident has some fun in front of a water cycle mural at the Hamilton Rainscape Learning Lab.

Resilient Neighborhoods: These east side groups are helping to reimagine sustainability in Detroit

These organizations are showing just how important community members are to building a sustainable future.

HOPE Village Farmers Market
Resilient Neighborhoods: How two Detroit nonprofits are bringing community into community health

These two Detroit community development organizations are doing their best to put the community back in to community health programming.

Members of the NRPCA take local youth on a costumed bike ride.
Resilient Neighborhoods: 5 Detroit neighborhood groups share their secrets to success

Detroit block clubs and neighborhood associations share stories that allowed them to grow and make an impact.

Katrina Johnson and Delawn Ross rented for 18 years before buying their home in Newberry.
This Southwest Detroit nonprofit program helps renters become homeowners

Detroiter Leslie Jackson's path to homeownership was made possible through an innovative initiative sponsored by the Detroit-based nonprofit Southwest Housing Solutions.

LifeBUILDERS youth play football with DeAngelo Mabone prior to the pandemic.
Resilient Neighborhoods: This faith-based nonprofit helped spark a revival in Detroit’s Regent Park

Over the last decade-and-a-half, an energetic community development organization has helped bring affordable housing and hope to a neglected corner of Detroit.

Volunteers help renovate Greenview-Wadsworth Park.
Resilient Neighborhoods: How a Cody Rouge nonprofit is moving forward with the power of block clubs

Interdependence is key to understanding this Cody Rouge development organization's relationship to its community.

This home, the La Salle demonstration house, was rehabbed and made energy efficient by HOPE Village Revitalization.
Resilient Neighborhoods: Detroit CDC is getting eco-friendly to make its community more affordable

HOPE Village Revitalization wants to build a more sustainable and equitable neighborhood. In the wake of COVID-19, that mission has never been more important.

GRDC supporters gather in front of a community mural in the days before COVID-19.
Resilient Neighborhoods: How COVID-19 rewrote the rules for community engagement in Detroit

Detroit nonprofits have adopted new strategies to reach communities during the pandemic.

Resident Voices: How organizations are helping Detroit students stay ahead during COVID-19

Though times are challenging, MACC Development, Hope House Detroit, and Math 4 Success are finding ways to be innovative and steadfast in their commitment to the communities they serve, reports Model D community correspondent Tyrone Mitchell Jr. Looking ahead, there is an opportunity to take these experiences and improve education for students. 

Osborn Business Association Business Manager Paul Garrison dons a mask in front of his group's offices.
Resilient Neighborhoods: Osborn businesses are turning here for aid during tough times

This Detroit business association is working harder than ever during the pandemic to connect its members with support and resources.

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