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.
Meeting the challenges and complexity of affordable housing one unit at a time takes patience, financial support and commitment from community development organizations. Read about one young family’s opportunity to enter Detroit’s housing market in a neighborhood they love.
Stoudamire Wellness Hub, on Detroit’s eastside, offers residents access to health and wellness programs – from Zumba to nutrition and cooking to kickboxing and healthy living.
Inspired by the Freedom Riders, Antoine Jackson takes learnings from a Montgomery, Alabama, retreat and reflects on how Detroit can use lessons from the Civil Rights Movement to engage the faith-based community and spark interest among the city’s young people.
The Small Business Advocacy Center fights gentrification by increasing economic opportunities for local minority contractors and residents in Southwest Detroit.
Opening doors, bridging connections and walking entrepreneurs through the litany of permits, regulations, and licensing, Southwest Detroit Business Association supports small business owners in their quest to succeed.
The struggles are many for people leaving the prison system, but Friends of Returning Citizens (FORC) is there to help for juvenile lifers and others on probation, paroled or recently released from a Michigan prison.
Founder Raphael Wright and his nephews, Kevante "KG" Grimes and Kieve Grimes, hope their familiarity with one another will engage consumers throughout the store. Walking distance from hundreds of Jefferson Chalmers homes, Neighborhood Grocery aims to be a place where residents can access food staples, local products, and fresh produce while connecting with neighbors.
Preparing for Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance's upcoming event has been a walk down memory lane for Victoria Wilson and Diane Heard to a time when things were simpler and their lives were filled with dreams of things to come. As performers who experienced the Motown phenomenon firsthand, the cousins have vivid memories and history to share with younger generations.
“I have to tell everyone I know about this good news that has given me life and joy, peace, and true fulfillment that I couldn’t find in relationships, sports, awards, or anything else,” says Micah Williams, youth director at Central Detroit Christian. He and his wife Megan, two recent Wayne State grads, are working to share hope and friendship with teens in the community.
Woodbridge Neighborhood Development invites you to celebrate the season with an all-day concert series from neighborhood artists and community-grown/harvested beer that supports minor housing repairs for seniors.
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