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Detroit In The News

April 5, 2007

Community Foundation to allocate $15M to Riverfront-adjacent neighborhoods

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has pledged $15 million to the near east-side neighborhoods that extend north of the Detroit River and the Riverfront Conservancy's investment along its edge.

Excerpt:

"There's a lot of investment on the riverfront, and that's great," said Community Foundation President Mariam Noland. "But the expectation has always been that there would be a broader positive impact on the city and the region; this fund is helping to make that happen. What's interesting to Ford, Kellogg and us is that both the new and the old neighborhoods benefit from what is happening within them and around them."

Read the entire article here.

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