Brilliant Detroit's neighborhood hub in Fitzgerald. <span class='image-credits'>Nick Hagen</span> Bicyclists gather at AB Ford Park in Jefferson Chalmers for Tour d'Eastside. <span class='image-credits'>Nick Hagen</span>

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Feature StoryBrilliant Detroit's neighborhood hub in Fitzgerald. Community Development

A once-blighted Fitzgerald home is finding new life as an early childhood learning center

David SandsTuesday, June 18, 2019
Residents see new Brilliant Detroit neighborhood hub as an opportunity to spark change in the community and the potential to help local youth.  
Feature StoryMargo Dalal Community Development

QA: Margo Dalal's takeaways from ComCap 2019

Model DMonday, June 17, 2019
Model D caught up with Margo Dalal during the ComCap conference to find out more about her work and what she learned from the experience.
Feature StoryThe NEXT Education AV Summer Camps Transportation

Autonomous vehicle summer camp programs cultivate new generation of mobility professionals

Chuck ArehartTuesday, June 18, 2019

As the transportation industry drives further toward autonomous and electrification, educational curriculums must advance to properly train those that will be designing, building, and servicing the future of mobility.

Feature StoryGary Ringer. Photo by Stephen Koss. Entrepreneurship

Detroit firefighter takes on blight with deconstruction business

David SandsTuesday, June 11, 2019
The fire-ravaged and neglected buildings encountered by Detroit firefighter Gary Ringer have become an unlikely source of inspiration.
Feature Storyjessica Care moore Arts and Culture

jessica Care moore brings choreopoem ‘Salt City’ to Detroit

Alex WashingtonTuesday, June 11, 2019
Poet jessica Care moore's choreopoem runs from June 13-16 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Feature StoryComCap logo

National conference on local investing heads to Detroit

Jaishree Drepaul-BruderTuesday, June 11, 2019

ComCap, annual conference on using community capital to promote shared prosperity, runs from June 11-13 at the College for Creative Studies' A. Alfred Taubman Center. The conference will feature more than 50 speakers, including Detroiters Devita Davison, Kwaku Osei, and Malik Yakini. 

Feature StoryFrom Ford GoRide: Sean Zabawa (left), head of operations; Mike Cooper, head of growth strategy; Anika Brown, head of marketing & sales; Minyang Jiang, CEO. Transportation

By connecting people to resources, shared mobility boosts quality of life

Brian AllnuttTuesday, June 11, 2019
Mobility innovators Ford GoRide and SPLT are connecting people with healthcare providers in urban and rural areas. With design at the center of their offerings, they’re doing so much more than moving people around — they’re addressing overall wellbeing, too.
Feature StoryAuria's tufted carpet flooring. Transportation

Here's how ridesharing services will make vehicles tougher, quieter – and less smelly

Pam HoughtonTuesday, June 11, 2019
The shift in the way we get around will also require some major shifts in the way car interiors are designed. Here's how one Southfield company is already responding to those challenges.
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