Home
Spruce up in Southwest Detroit
Infrastructure is powering southwest Detroit’s small business resilience with help from Southwest Detroit Business Association.
Latest stories
Spruce up in Southwest Detroit
Infrastructure is powering southwest Detroit’s small business resilience with help from Southwest Detroit Business Association.
Women and wealth: Tips for navigating your lifelong financial journey
Are you saving up for a house, or retiring early? Where do you want to be in the next ten or twenty years? Everyone’s financial situation is unique, so it’s important to think about these questions.
How these two Detroit physicians are saving the bedtime story
Dennis and Archer, both Black doctors and authors in their own right, have used the trajectories of their careers to serve as representation for the generations coming after them.
116 portraits will transform vacant Corktown building into year-round cancer tribute
The concept grew out of Detroit Month of Design collaborations, when organizers began exploring how creative placemaking could address real community experience, as cancer is something nearly every family can relate to.
100,000th Coat Delivered: Empowerment Plan Celebrates Major Milestone in Detroit
Coat number 100,000 made its journey across Detroit this morning: departing from The Empowerment Plan’s east side headquarters to COTS Peggy’s Place.
Mapping Detroit: Green Book Locations
Green Books mirrored the state of discrimination, racism, and African American rights in the nation each year. Detroit’s listings started in 1938.
Partner Partner Content How Detroit’s New Chase Community Manager Can Help Empower Your Financial Journey
Anthony Miller joins Gail Taylor and Annette Washington as Detroit’s newest Chase Community Manager. This dynamic trio— part of a national network of Community Managers in all lower 48 states—helps to build stronger financial futures in Detroit.
3+13 Ways to Celebrate 313 Day in Detroit
March 13th — known locally as 313 Day — is Detroit’s unofficial holiday celebrating the city’s area code, culture, and community pride.
This March, Mayor Mary Sheffield Challenges Detroiters to Read in Recognition of Reading Month
For Detroiters looking for inspiration, the city itself has long been the setting and subject of countless books.
When everyone is welcome: How Michigan’s CCBHCs are changing care
CCBHCs have been improving access to quality mental health care for Michigan residents since 2021.
A publication of
Issue Media Group is a multi-local network of digital news outlets focused on community transformation through solutions journalism. We highlight the people and projects tackling challenges and driving change. Through its national, regional and local publications, IMG connects communities, shares impactful solutions, and inspires progress.
Subscribe to our Newsletter
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. Have a question? Contact us or review our privacy policy for more information.
Solutions that work, from communities like yours. Explore innovative stories from across our network showcasing how neighborhoods are solving today’s challenges together.
- Students are speaking up. And schools are listening.
- Flipping the script: Big buyers make pitches to small businesses
- A new view from the saddle: Midland Police introduce mounted patrol
- Coalition building for immigrant justice: How one alliance is strengthening support
- Muskegon’s Best Kept Secret: A hub for inclusive winter sports
- How these two physicians are saving the bedtime story
- Major city’s growth adds urgency to streetcar expansion discussion
- Pedals, paths, and people: Riders share their experience on Indiana trails
- Pittsburgh’s post-steel economy is a success – and a warning for other cities
- Recast Leaders aim to revitalize local economies
Top 5 Articles
1
3+13 Ways to Celebrate 313 Day in Detroit
2
A vision for mushrooms as part of Detroiters’ everyday wellness routine
3
Nearly $300K in Seed Awards bolster Michigan’s local food and farming
4
Partner Partner Content How Detroit’s New Chase Community Manager Can Help Empower Your Financial Journey
5
When everyone is welcome: How Michigan’s CCBHCs are changing care
Support independent journalism in Detroit
Model D is a local digital media outlet covering neighborhoods, small business and entrepreneurship, arts and culture, health, sustainability, talent, and social innovation.
