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Development NewsMyrtle Thompson, center, Program Director and Co-Founder of Feedum Freedom, and Mikel Bresee, right center, pose with community members in front of a pavilion being built as part of the Fox Creek Artscape. Community Development

Fox Creek Artscape to celebrate its opening in Jefferson Chalmers

MJ GalbraithTuesday, June 25, 2019
The Fox Creek Artscape has transformed into a multifunctional community space, complete with a pavilion for community meetings and gatherings, a street-side fruit stand, public art space, extensive landscaping, and more.  
Feature StoryMembers of Cherry Health's integrated care team confer. The team includes nurses, medical assistants, pharmacists, and physicians.

Michigan providers pursue holistic model for more affordable and effective healthcare

Estelle SlootmakerTuesday, June 25, 2019
Integrated care involves not just physical co-location of services that are often isolated from one another, but also broader community-based solutions that promote good health.
Feature StoryBenito "Mav-One" Vasquez. Photo by Nina Ignaczak. Arts and Culture

Motor City Street Dance Academy brings hip-hop history and culture to southwest Detroit's kids

Nina IgnaczakTuesday, June 25, 2019
As a teenager, Benito "Mav-One" Vasquez found refuge in hip-hop culture, transforming himself into a b-boy. Now he's bringing it to the kids in his southwest Detroit neighborhood.
Feature StoryThe American Riad project is slated to open this fall in North End. Community Development

American Riad to open this fall as hub for arts, culture, community building in North End

Jeff WaraniakTuesday, June 25, 2019

American Riad is introducing a residential concept that rethinks the traditional American home and challenges socially isolating aspects of the American neighborhood.

BuzzThe 2019 cohort of Kresge fellows Arts and Culture

Kresge Arts in Detroit announces 2019 fellowship awards

Dorothy HernandezFriday, June 21, 2019
Now in its 11th year, Kresge Arts in Detroit has awarded local artists more than $5.5 million in no strings attached awards, including 198 Kresge Artist Fellowships of $25,000 each, 12 Gilda Awards of $5,000 each, and 11 Kresge Eminent Artist Awards of $50,000 each.
Development NewsHatch Detroit Economic Development

Hatch Detroit competition opens window for applications, doubles prize to $100K

MJ GalbraithTuesday, June 18, 2019
This year’s small business competition will see the grand prize double from $50,000 to $100,000, due to increased investment from Hatch Detroit sponsor Comerica Bank.  
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.

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Mobility Moments Podcast: Damian Porcari, Elijah J. McCoy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Claire CharltonTuesday, June 18, 2019
Damian Porcari, director of the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office in Detroit, talks about the patent’s role in U.S. history, about women inventors, and, of course, about patents for mobility innovations. Listen and learn about "The real McCoy."
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.
Development NewsKresge Foundation KiPD Grant recipient Community Treehouse Center will create an inclusive community space in Jefferson-Chalmers that can accommodate multigenerational users and those with disabilities. Community Development

Record amount of grant dollars awarded to neighborhood organizations in 2019 KIP:D round

MJ GalbraithTuesday, June 11, 2019
Twenty-five Detroit nonprofits make up the record-setting 2019 cohort of the Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit initiative, or KIP:D.  
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 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.
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.
Development NewsNorthwest Goldberg Art Park Community Development

Northwest Goldberg nonprofit raises more than $12K in crowdfunding campaign for art park

Dorothy HernandezTuesday, June 04, 2019
NW Goldberg Cares will build an art park by the fall as part of its efforts to revitalize the neighborhood located near Henry Ford Hospital and the Motown Museum.
Feature StoryThe American Center for Mobility was specifically deigned to put autonomous vehicles through rigorous testing applications. Photo by ACM. Technology and Innovation

Innovative test facilities advance mobility safety

Pam HoughtonTuesday, June 04, 2019
Two Detroit region advanced mobility facilities were designed from the ground up using innovation focused on rigorous safety testing for connected and autonomous vehicles. We learned about the innovation behind the infrastructure design of ACM and Mcity.
Feature StoryAuto Sens Conference Transportation

The road to Level 5 autonomy is still a long way off

Timothy J. SeppalaTuesday, June 04, 2019

Automakers are waking up to the realities of autonomous vehicles. In 2016, Ford said that it’d be mass producing vehicles capable of driving without the need for a steering wheel, pedals or a human — Level 5 Autonomous — by 2021. At a recent meeting at the Detroit Economics Club, CEO Jim Hackett walked that back, saying that while the 2021 goal was still in place, but the application would be narrow because of the complexities involved.

Feature StoryPontiac, Michigan

Silicon Valley-born entrepreneur commits to Oakland County for mobility startups

Chuck ArehartTuesday, June 04, 2019
If there’s one common trait among entrepreneurs, it’s that they never stop pursuing a vision. Don Tinsley, Palo Alto, California, native and current Oakland County resident has pursued a lot of them. After a career at General Motors, Tinsley decided to go his own way through a series of small companies and is now running a private equity firm that specializes in helping banks restructure loans.
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