A new private-partnership between the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) and the City of Detroit — Detroit Capital Hub — serves as a matching program introducing small businesses to the lender best able to serve them.Â
The Southfield Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force honored King’s legacy of social justice, nonviolence, and equality for all Americans through a peace walk on MLK Day 2026.
Long-time residents of Woodbridge tell stories of their diverse Detroit neighborhood through an oral history project meant to capture the essence of life in the area in decades past.
Detroit’s first step into public sports infrastructure construction came in 1960 with the opening of Cobo Arena, the stadium component of the larger riverfront redevelopment that led to the convention hall and Hart Plaza.
Thirty community organizations distributed funds for home repairs across the city last year, helping Detroit homeowners maintain safe, healthy homes. Results of a new study will help organizations articulate their impact to funders, potentially leading to greater support for home repair programs.
Impacted by decades of disinvestment, crime, poverty, and lack of resources and opportunity, Detroit’s Regent Park is experiencing a revival led by east side nonprofit LifeBUILDERS.
Older people are especially vulnerable to food insecurity for a variety of reasons. Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance fights that with food boxes – and has assembled a multigenerational team to make the deliveries happen.
CDFIs like ProsperUs and Invest Detroit have a passionate commitment to uplifting neighborhoods in the city. Their latest investments have helped two new stores carry on the legacy of the Livernois McNichols corridor’s small business ecosystem.