As founding principal of the new Southwest International Academy of Arts and Culture, Adriana Rendon is bringing community voices, cultural heritage and arts education together to create new ...

Michigan First Credit Union launched a free mobile banking app — Finley, for kids and teens to help develop healthy financial ...

A decade after building connections across metro Detroit, the Michigan Pride Chamber of Commerce is expanding its reach ...

Life Remodeled has transformed a former vacant school building, with financing help from IFF, to its second opportunity hub.

Recently proposed rollbacks to the CRA would weaken bank obligations to invest, lend, and provide services to low and ...

From drone technology to college credits, Frederick Douglass Academy is preparing Detroit students for the future through an award-winning STEM program gaining national and international attention.

After years of supporting women through life’s challenges, Ky’ondra Tate is creating a space where Detroiters can feel valued ...

Block by Block is a solutions journalism series that is supported by CEDAM, Michigan CDFI, and Invest Detroit, and is focused on community development leaders and initiatives in Michigan. Having ...

Cara Sutliffe and her children say “cheese” in their Kent County backyard. When Cara Sutliffe’s four children were young and needed special learning supports, Early On made all the difference for ...

Block by Block is a solutions journalism series that is supported by CEDAM, Michigan CDFI, and Invest Detroit, and is focused on community development leaders and initiatives in Michigan. Housing is ...

Economic and population growth aren’t the only upward mobility trends putting Detroit in the spotlight. An uptick in scholarship dollars secured by Detroit Public Schools Community District students ...

Block by Block is a solutions journalism series that is supported by CEDAM, Michigan CDFI, and Invest Detroit, and is focused on community development leaders and initiatives in Michigan. Sometimes ...