Grit Design moves mobile biz to Elevator Building on riverfront

Cody Ley, a past CEDAM real estate development boot camp participant, is passionate about creating affordable, sustainable housing using hempcrete — a resilient, energy-efficient material. Through his nonprofit, Hemp 4 Humanity, he hopes to empower and connect communities to promote a circular economy.

A new private-partnership between the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) and the City of Detroit — Detroit Capital Hub — serves as a matching program introducing small businesses to the lender best able to serve them. 

The Southfield Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force honored King’s legacy of social justice, nonviolence, and equality for all Americans through a peace walk on MLK Day 2026.