Southwest Detroit

Detroit nonprofits take a ‘family’ approach to help entrepreneurs get financially savvy

With a focus on the city’s often-overlooked neighborhoods, a nonprofit collaboration is taking a personal approach to providing training, resources, and support for Detroit’s entrepreneurs, witnessing the ripple effect that investment creates. 

Bodega Cat in Southwest Detroit
‘A touchstone for neighborhoods:’ How community-based initiatives are reimagining public spaces

From transforming a corner store into a gathering space to a farmers market that showcases local businesses, here's how some neighborhoods are enhancing experiences for community residents.

COC Youth stand in front of their future youth center.
Resilient Neighborhoods: These two nonprofits are bringing youth-driven spaces to SW Detroit

Southwest Detroit will soon be home to two new youth centers. And at these spaces youth are having a say every step of the way.

Arts space and mini-market planned for two vacant lots in Southwest Detroit

We Are Culture Creators, a nonprofit that offers arts and entrepreneurship programming for young men of color in Detroit, seeks to transform the vacant lots into La Esquina, a mini-market and arts enclave next to their headquarters on Bagley Street.  

Detroit designer combines fashion and science to start a conversation about skin color

Detroit entrepreneur Deirdre Roberson doesn't fit a mold. And the scientist-turned-fashion-designer doesn't want you to, either. “People will say to me ‘you look like a model,’ but why did nobody ever tell me ‘you look like a scientist’? We are complex. We are multidimensional people.”

The Murray development, estimated to cost $4.57 million, is expected to be completed in spring 2021.
Black-owned firm leads redevelopment of historic rowhomes in Hubbard Farms

Construction has begun on The Murray, the block-long redevelopment of historic row homes in Hubbard Farms in Southwest Detroit.  

Porch concerts and DJ sets: Socializing in the era of physical distancing

Sheltering in place doesn't have to mean we have to stop enjoying music. Here's how artistically inclined Detroiters are sharing their creative talents with their communities.

How a Detroit healthcare organization is helping those struggling with addiction find hope

Opioid overdose deaths are on the rise in Detroit. After a lifetime of addiction, one Detroiter found the road to recovery with the help of a local nonprofit health care clinic.

Southwest Detroit native makes his mark on neighborhood with Stitching Up Detroit

Screen printing helped steer Southwest Detroit native David Camarena off the wrong path as a youth. Now he wants to do the same for others through Stitching Up Detroit.

Cider in the City
Six things to do in Detroit this fall

It's sweater weather, meaning it's time for cider and doughnuts, trick-or-treating, and more. Check out these Detroit fall traditions.

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