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Keep Growing Detroit is an organization dedicated to food sovereignty and community engagement in the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. [1] Founded in 2013, the program designs and implements initiatives that promote the practice of urban agriculture as a mode of food justice for underrepresented communities, particularly those who do not have access to healthy food options. [2]
Detroit landlords who own duplexes can get as much as $15,000 per unit for repairs or $750 rebates after bringing properties up to code. New program offers grants to Detroit landlords to repair ...
The organization started Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit (KIPD) in 2015 with a $5-million pilot program to award small grants to restore neighborhoods in Detroit. [30] The program was relaunched in 2018 with $6 million in additional funds. [30] [31] As of August 2020, the program awarded grants to 127 projects in neighborhoods around the ...
The first community foundation was set up in Cleveland in 1914 by Frederick Goff and operates now as The Cleveland Foundation. [3] Others soon followed including the California Community Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust. The first Community Foundation in Canada, The Winnipeg Foundation, was established in Winnipeg in 1921. [4]
The Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan administers $100 M of private foundation grants for the regions New Economy Initiative to spur investment in a variety of metro area projects. [80] A BioEnterprise Midwest Healthcare Venture report found that the Detroit - Ann Arbor region attracted $312 M in new biotechnology venture capital ...
Capital Impact funded the senior housing community Magnolia Crossing in Clovis, California. The community was created to give residents care in a homelike environment with 14 units of the 48 unit community were set aside for seniors on Medi-Cal. It is the first project of its type to earn partial financing by the New Markets Tax Credit Program.
The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) is an urban, community-oriented, predominantly black, grassroots food justice group. The organization was initiated by a communal desire to start an organic garden collective, and has grown from its founding in 2006 with over 50 Detroit residents as members. [ 1 ]
The organization has reported that they annually serve 560,000 individuals while also supplying 228,000 people with food and clothing in the Detroit area through programs and services. Approximately 2,000 hot meals are served each day and 300,000 pounds of groceries, 30,000 pieces of clothing, and over 500 pieces of furniture and appliances are ...