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.
Businesses along an East Side corridor have been hit hard by a streetscape project intended to help them over the long-term. Here's what a local nonprofit is doing to help.
The early pandemic wasn't an easy time for artists. But creatives associated with a central Detroit arts complex used the downtime to reimagine their work.
An East Side nonprofit has partnered with U of M on an innovative community engagement that turns regular citizens into research photographers to explore issues of safety and surveillance in their neighborhoods.
Citzens of this West Side Detroit neighborhood banded together in the face of blight and abandonment. And helped it rebound from a major crisis.
During its weekly market series, this Corktown nonprofit recently added a new space at its headquarters, as part of a pilot program that uses emerging technologies to treat issues like anxiety and trauma.
Illegal dumping is turning heads on Detroit's East Side. And neighborhood groups are working to address the situation.
Big changes at this West Side Detroit park have made it an easier more attractive place for residents to gather. And more renovations are on the horizon.
UNI's Southwest Food Cultivators program is giving local teens an understanding of food that starts with a seed and ends on a plate.
Joy Southfield CDC is taking a multi-faceted approach to community health in Detroit's District 7.
This Osborn nonprofit is offering training and resources to help increase digital access. It's also pushing for improved infrastructure.
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