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Development News Children from the community using upgraded playground equipment. Community Development

Detroit celebrates $1.5M worth of improvements made to Balduck Park on city's eastside

MJ GalbraithTuesday, April 2, 2024
“Balduck is truly an amazing park and a beloved east side treasure,” says Detroit Chief Operating Officer Brad Dick.
Partner Content Sweet potato senstations Entrepreneurship

Sweet Potato Sensations: Black, intergenerational business credits success to small biz support

Sarah SpohnTuesday, April 2, 2024
Sweet Potato Sensations is the living legacy of a family business based in Old Redford. Through longtime community support, and a continuous network of small business resources including BUILD Institute, the multi-generational business is going on 37 years.
Longform Greenway Heritage Conservancy co-founder RuShann Long, City of Detroit Planner Michele Flournoy, Joe Louis Greenway Partnership Executive Director Leona Medley, and City of Detroit Chief Greenways Planner Christina Peltier.

Here's how Detroiters are working to ensure residents benefit from the Joe Louis Greenway

Patrick DunnMonday, April 1, 2024
A robust community engagement process is informing greenway development in myriad ways, ensuring that the greenway reflects residents' history, serves their needs, and offers them economic opportunity.
Feature Story Mapping Detroit

Mapping Detroit: The genealogy of Detroit neighborhood names sometimes leaves out Detroiters

Alex B. Hill and Eric LauTuesday, March 26, 2024
There is a genealogy to Detroit’s neighborhood maps and naming choices. Oftentimes, the line drawing and naming did not involve Detroit residents, — the very people who reside in a geographic area — because naming and claiming space can be very political or have broader economic or real estate aims that are not concerned with resident perspectives.
Longform John Fuse, Community Health Worker with the Berrien County Health Department, stands outside the department’s building in Benton Harbor.

Community Health Workers: Michigan's public health messengers

Sarah SpohnTuesday, March 26, 2024
Community health workers perform essential roles in delivering physical and mental health care and increasing health care access for Michigan residents. 
Partner Content Rochelle Riley presenting at the 2023 gala.

Autism Alliance of Michigan gala will help build “A Brighter Tomorrow”

Joseph GoralTuesday, March 26, 2024
The Autism Alliance of Michigan (AAoM) is hosting its 13th annual Michigan Shines for Autism Gala on Saturday, April 20 at the MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit. This year’s theme is “A Brighter Tomorrow.” 
Feature Story Healthy Tuesdays at the Parkman Branch of Detroit Public Libraries Healthy Communities

Resilient Neighborhoods: Can putting health at the forefront help bring a neighborhood back?

Melinda ClynesMonday, March 25, 2024
Health consciousness can be contagious, especially with a little nudge from friends and neighbors – and nearby places to go for healthy food, exercise and healthcare services. Read about how the Hope Village neighborhood in Detroit is embracing and uplifting health and wellness for community members.  
Feature Story DPL’s Parkman Branch is located on Oakman Blvd. in the Hope Village neighborhood of Detroit Community Development

‘When you make people feel comfortable, you create more than a library.’Resilient Neighborhoods: Detroit Public Library’s Parkman Branch

Jaishree DrepaulMonday, March 25, 2024
Tracy Massey grew up at DPL’s Parkman Branch and today is branch manager, dedicated to making the library a welcoming space for neighbors to find information, lean into something new, and connect with each other.
Feature Story Amber Desgranges and Rachel Ruddock of the Michigan Primary Care Association.

New initiative offers Michigan nursing students opportunity to build careers in underserved areas

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 25, 2024
The Michigan Primary Care Association is collaborating with nine of Michigan’s state universities to provide nursing students with opportunities to train in Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics.
Feature Story Small-Jae-Gerhart Healthy Communities

How local healthcare systems leverage local farms for healthy food options

Kelsey SandersMonday, March 25, 2024
Medical institutions around Michigan are using their local resources to bring real food to their staff and patients.
Feature Story Detroit Heals Detroit

Detroit nonprofit seeks to send kids to Puerto Rico for healing justice program

Model D teamSunday, March 24, 2024
"Our ultimate goal is to collect significant data to impact legislation in a way that combats the restrictions put on individuals who've had contact with the juvenile justice system," says Executive Director Dr. Sirrita Darby.
Longform Kelsey Lehman and Autumn Carson Healthy Communities

Podcast a "not-so-clinical approach to conversations surrounding all things mental health."

Jaishree DrepaulTuesday, March 19, 2024
Podcast hosted by three friends covers a range of topics like finding a therapist, tips for loved ones, and misconceptions and stigmas surrounding medications. 
Partner Content Renee Horne

This Women’s History Month JPMorgan Chase’s Renée Horne Talks Career, Finances and Achieving Success

Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Women’s History Month is a time to come together to celebrate and recognize the achievements and contributions of women throughout the years. For this Women’s History Month, we spoke with Renée Horne, Chief Marketing & Experience Officer for Chase Auto at JPMorgan Chase, to discuss her career journey, share tips on taking charge of your finances and other recommendations to achieving success.  
Feature Story Community health worker Lindsay Bechtel

Community health worker on the job at Vantage Plastics

Rylee BarnsdaleTuesday, March 19, 2024
In order to continue their mission of serving the community through sustainability, Standish based materials company Vantage Plastics is now partnering with the Central Michigan District Health Department (CMDHD) to integrate a community health worker (CHW) on site. 
Feature Story Robert Sheehan, executive director of the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan

Proposed licensure changes aim to ease Michigan's social worker shortage

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 18, 2024
Mental health and social work advocates are pushing for legislative change to shift Michigan's social worker licensing process from a test-based approach to a practice-driven alternative that has proven successful in other states.
Longform Rabbi Yudi Mann.

West Bloomfield synagogue will train Jewish leaders on providing behavioral health support

Rylee BarnsdaleThursday, March 14, 2024
A new initiative at The Shul seeks to provide more tools for Jewish community leaders to better offer behavioral health support to their community.
Longform Rendering of Sawmill Lofts in Grayling

Recent Michigan housing legislation incentivizes more housing developments

Sarah SpohnTuesday, March 12, 2024
As part of the Make it in Michigan Strategy, the state of Michigan has new finance tools and opportunities to convert vacant land into housing via the Transformational Brownfield Fund and tax increment funding. The State Land Bank Authority and Michigan Community Capital are working with state, local, and federal organizations to develop attainable workforce housing in their communities.   
Longform Rogen poses for a picture at Garden of Dreams Preschool in Battle Creek Kids and Education

PreK for All a good way to disrupt the preschool-to-prison pipeline

Jaishree DrepaulTuesday, March 12, 2024
Good preschool programs yield tremendous social and economic advantages such as higher high school graduation rates and reduced chances of criminal behavior. 
Development News The future Solar Training House in Jefferson Chalmers. Community Development

Vacant house could soon become innovative Solar Training House in Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood

MJ GalbraithTuesday, March 12, 2024
“Innovative thinking coming out of Detroit's eastside neighborhoods is nothing new,” says Dan Gilmartin, CEO and Executive Director of the Michigan Municipal League.
Development News The Green Grocer Project (GGP) makes available grants of up to $25,000 for businesses and entrepreneurs looking to open small-format grocery stores in Detroit. Healthy Communities

DEGC brings back Green Grocer Project to help open more grocery stores in Detroit

MJ GalbraithTuesday, March 12, 2024
“When we assist local entrepreneurs in opening grocery stores right in the neighborhoods they know best, it empowers residents to meet essential needs while creating new jobs," says DEGC President and CEO Kevin Johnson. "This is one way to drive opportunity that uplifts our whole community.”
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