Vacant lots transformed into flower gardens, a public cafe that provides job training for LGBTQ+ youth, and more neighborhood-based projects among the 28 selected in the sixth round of grants from the Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit initiative.
Sandra Cavette is one of 1,048 homeowners in Detroit who have used a 0% interest home repair loan program to maintain historic properties throughout the city. Long-term residents like Cavette have seen the city through its ups and downs and are investing in its future through the program, which launched five years ago and has generated $10 million in funding.
Organizers for Salam Peace Park have until Saturday, Sept. 26, to raise $22,000 through a crowdfunding campaign. Should they reach their goal, the MEDC will then contribute an additional $22,000 as a matching grant.
Residents weighed in on projects that are underway, options for new projects, and events for community engagement.
From Greenlawn Avenue to the west to Livernois Avenue to the east, McNichols is set to undergo a transformation, incorporating a host of measures aimed to make the area safer for pedestrians and more appealing for businesses and their customers alike.
As small businesses work to reopen, corporations grapple with how to keep employees safe, and nearly every facet of our lives is under the microscope to prevent a second wave of COVID-19, we will ultimately be challenged with the question of where do we go to remain safe as we start to establish the new normal in public?
Community groups and businesses say open and accessible outdoor space is important for all residents, and they are creating new spaces for the neighborhood, from art parks, to municipal parks, to safe spaces to wait for buses.
Several 3-by-3 canvases featuring local small businesses have popped up in Bea’s Small Business Art Garden next to Bea’s Squeeze lemonade stand, which launched in 2019 on the Dequindre Cut as a pop-up to market Beatrice and Eli Wolnerman’s upcoming coworking space in Eastern Market.
How do you get neighbors to engage if they don't see themselves in spaces? Through storytelling and photography initiative, community development corporation NW Goldberg Cares aims to capture neighbors' stories to feature in art park.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the City of Detroit are seeking artists to design and paint what’s being billed as one of the largest municipal art installations in the city’s history.
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