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 partnership between Covenant Community Care and Joy Southfield CDC has brought more stability to a former free medical clinic and enabled them to better address community health issues.
The pandemic hasn't been easy for Southwest Detroit businesses, but they're doing their best to roll with the punches.
COVID-19 has made their work more difficult, but these Detroit community development organizations are still doing their utmost to support elders during this difficult time.
Neighborhoods around Detroit are changing. And community development organizations across the city are trying to bring community members' voices into the conversation about what's happening.
A new Model D project is aimed at helping citizen journalists cover news of what's happening in the communities where they live.
For UNI and GenesisHOPE, 2020 has been an unusual year to take on youth career development programming. In fact, the pandemic has made it impossible not to do things differently.
Southwest Detroit will soon be home to two new youth centers. And at these spaces youth are having a say every step of the way.
During these trying times, many Detroit businesses have been hit hard by issues related to COVID-19. Thankfully, some are finding support from local community development organizations.
In endeavoring to make derelict houses livable again, community development organizations are taking on an issue that's been a thorn in the city's side for decades.
A coalition of Detroit community development organizations is calling for dramatic changes in how neighborhood residents interact with law enforcement. And in doing so, they're rethinking what it means to be a CDO in Detroit.
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