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Road to Readiness: Life-changing program helps young Detroiters through high-growth skilled trades industry

Road to Readiness: Life-changing program helps young Detroiters through high-growth skilled trades industry

Look for more youthful faces under the hard hats when the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) begins work on a major I-94 construction through Detroit in 2019. The estimated $2.5 billion project will rebuild the highway, service roads and bridges on a seven-mile stretch between Conner Avenue and I-96. The work includes replacement of 67 […]

Kresge Detroit Reinvestment Index shows national business leaders, young entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs of color bullish on Detroit

Kresge Detroit Reinvestment Index shows national business leaders, young entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs of color bullish on Detroit

 These insights, from Rip Rapson, CEO and president of the Kresge Foundation, accompanied the 2017 Detroit Reinvestment Index, a dataset that focuses on perceptions around Detroit’s economic recovery. Last year’s index was the second such annual survey commissioned and released by The Kresge Foundation. A third annual survey will be conducted and released in 2018. […]

TheHUB maps out just where and what investment is happening across Detroit’s District 6 neighborhoods

TheHUB maps out just where and what investment is happening across Detroit’s District 6 neighborhoods

Neighborhoods are becoming increasingly fertile ground for significant private and public investments. There are new and ongoing transformations on some of Detroit’s well-worn blocks and in emerging subdivisions. You can find it all here in “The Map,” TheHUB’s definitive guide to neighborhood investments, which takes an in-depth look at local development efforts. Our series details […]