Green Corps celebrates 20 years of employing Detroit youth

Green Corps celebrates 20 years of employing Detroit youth

Going green has been a benefit to Detroit youth for the past 20 years, but not only because of improvements to the environment. The Greening of Detroit celebrated two decades of employing local youth in the community July 25, announcing that 2,000 boys and girls have worked in the Green Corps since 1998, earning a […]

Eastern Market Growing Communities offers micro-grants to help small businesses flourish

Eastern Market Growing Communities offers micro-grants to help small businesses flourish

Growing Detroit’s small businesses is essential to revitalizing the city and its neighborhoods. Oftentimes, those small businesses need a leg up to get them to the next successful rung. Eastern Market Growing Communities (EMGC) knows that. Over the past five years, it has invested $520,000 in micro-grants to spur neighborhood revitalization and small business development. […]

Enroll now! More than 8,000 summer jobs open for Detroit’s young people

Enroll now! More than 8,000 summer jobs open for Detroit’s young people

More than 8,000 young Detroiters will be able find jobs with area businesses and organizations this summer. The application process is now open for Grow Detroit’s Young Talent (GDYT). Youth looking for summer employment, as well as companies and organizations that want to provide summer jobs or be a sponsor, can go to www.GDYT.org to sign up. […]

Kids move on life size board game: Playful event hoped to stem hunger

Kids move on life size board game: Playful event hoped to stem hunger

Kids will be moving from space to space on a “life-sized” board game created to help drive-up food donations when they are needed most – the summer. Hunger does not end when the  last school bell of the year rings. Many of children who rely on school lunches will go hungry beginning with the first day of their summer recess. Gleaners estimates […]