You’ve seen them and sometimes turned your head in disgust as you walked by. Empty Detroit storefronts – sometimes with posters in the windows and sometimes all you see is just dirty windows. No matter what, they’re ugly. Well, the City of Detroit’s Planning and Development Department has a plan to use local talent to […]
Although he’s not a local native, Dr. Antoine Garibaldi is on familiar ground. Hailing from New Orleans, the University of Detroit Mercy president has family in the Detroit area and a background of scholarship that supported black Michigan youth during the 1990s. Today his ongoing challenge is to lead a campus of 5,000 in the […]
When people talk about Detroit’s resurgence, Midtown and downtown often take center stage, but the neighborhoods are just as changeable. That “change agent” needn’t come from major construction projects, new businesses, or celebrity attention – it’s a change that can come from within. That’s why Build a Better Block Foundation supports efforts to empower communities […]