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.
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.
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.
Senegalese immigrants find community of support in west Detroit
For immigrants from Senegal, Detroit's religious communities are a source of spiritual grounding and practical support. The westside of Detroit has become a destination that many Senegalese now call home.
NVI: Powerful tool for community-driven change
The NVI turns resident voices into data-driven action, letting Detroiters steer investment in schools, parks, safety, and neighborhood priorities.
Community development leader with passion for helping seniors finds footing, support in Detroit
KaTrice Perry leads the nonprofit Bridging Communities. She is passionate about helping Southwest Detroit seniors find services, housing support and personal connections.
Detroit’s community development leaders, friends and champions celebrate collaboration, progress
Detroit’s CDO VIP Expo brought together community development organizations from across the city to celebrate their collective impact and deepen collaboration through the Detroit 21 network.
From aspiring to own a restaurant to dishing out tostones: Program brings small businesses to life
A Puerto Rican entrepreneur opens his restaurant with a noble dream, much perseverance, and plenty of guidance from a Detroit program aimed at people who want to start their own businesses.
Beyond punitive justice: Repairing harm in Detroit
Locking up offenders doesn't repair the broken relationships underlying most crime. Metro Detroit Restorative Justice Network says we can do better – and create a safer community in the process.
Preparing Southwest Detroit youth for power and purpose
Urban Neighborhood Initiatives’ Leaders in Training program equips Southwest Detroit youth with career skills, mentorship, and leadership opportunities rooted in community development.
USDA cuts could worsen food insecurity, reverse progress to improve nutrition for most vulnerable
USDA programs, which once helped Southeast Michigan emergency food providers source food, are being slashed. With over a billion dollars cut nationwide, experts warn of long-term consequences for food access, nutrition and local economies.
