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A recent Crain's Detroit Business article describes the shared overarching aspiration to promote regional entrepreneurialism held by the University of Michigan Center for Innovation in Midtown, the Michigan Central and Newlab complex in Southwest Detroit, and Bedrock’s plan for the former Wayne County jail site. Combined with projects at the Henry Ford Health System and the cradle-to-career P-20 educational continuum on the Marygrove Conservancy campus in Northwest Detroit, that brings the number of “innovation hubs” to five. Lying at the heart of all this is the aspiration to create a more interconnected ecology of entrepreneurial energies. That prospect of interconnection is genuinely exciting. The next step – and challenge – is extending that energy into the neighborhoods. 

FREE TICKETS: Authors adrienne maree brown and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson will be hosted by the discussion platform Urban Consulate in an evening of conversation at 7 p.m. ET on Oct. 30 at Detroit's Garden Theater. Johnson is a scientist, podcaster, policy expert and founder of Urban Ocean Lab. A Kresge Arts In Detroit Artist Fellow, brown writes on themes including healing, pleasure and radical imagination. Journalist Orlando Bailey will serve as moderator for the event, which is supported by Kresge's Detroit Program.

A crowd of several hundred gathered in a fallow 14-acre field in Northwest Detroit this week as Detroit Horse Power broke ground on what will become the largest urban equestrian center in the U.S. with stables to accommodate 17 horses for use by students of the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCP). The center – on the site of the former Paul Robeson/Malcolm X Academy, destroyed in a 2011 fire and purchased from DPSCP –– will serve students through classes, after-school programs and summer camps. When completed, the facility will have: • A 75-by-160 foot indoor riding arena • Outdoor spaces including a 100-by-200 foot outdoor arena and a half-mile bridle path • 7 acres of grazing paddocks • 10,000 square feet of conditioned space for classrooms, nonprofit offices and community gatherings • A high-performance building thermal envelope to reduce energy demands that will be met by renewable solar and geothermal energy production resulting in a net-zero capable building.

TOMORROW: In honor of its 20th anniversary, this webinar will revisit the book "Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, And What We Can Do About It" by Mindy Fullilove, MD, to reckon with the past and reimagine how to support communities facing displacement today. Join Fullilove, Molly Rose Kaufman at the University of Orange, Terri Baltimore at the Hill District and Evelyn Burnett, M.P.A. at ThirdSpace Action Lab at 1 p.m. ET on Oct. 23 in a conversation around how understanding the history of community displacement and its impacts on neighborhoods’ physical, psychological, cultural and economic well-being can help us navigate the pressures that cities are facing across the country and the world. Register: https://lnkd.in/eN-VQbvR

We are honored to be a part of the Opportunity Finance Network #OFN40. If you are attending the conference, be sure to check out: 'Mobilizing Private Capital for GGRF: A Deep Dive' with Opportunity Finance Network's Jessel Amin, Bank of America's Amy Brusiloff, SELF (Solar and Energy Loan Fund)'s Duanne Andrade T, Kresge's Joe Evans, NC Green Bank's Melissa Malkin-Weber Wednesday, Oct. 23, 11:00 a.m. PT https://lnkd.in/e7sNZ2JP 'CDFI Strategies to Boost HBCUs: Anchor Institutions in Community Revitalization' with The Brookings Institution's Andre M. Perry, Hope Credit Union's Bill Bynum, HBCU Brilliance Initiative's Damien Wilson, Dillard University's Edward Patrick Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2:30 p.m. PT https://lnkd.in/ecgZE3DH

Kresge has launched a new fellowship program to develop future social sector leaders committed to equity and inclusion. Through a redesigned cohort model, the 2024 Kresge Fellowship Program welcomed five early-career fellows this fall. “The evolution of this program reflects our recognition of the value fellowships provide,” said Benjamin Kennedy, who was selected as Kresge’s first presidential fellow in 2009 and rose to serve as vice president of programs. “Joining the Kresge Foundation as a fellow in 2009 was profoundly important to my career and ultimately set the course for the last 15 years of my life." Meet the 2024 Kresge Fellows: • Analicia D. Bañales, American Cities Fellow, • Mariah Bosquez, Environment Program Fellow • Cynthia Guerrero , Education Program Fellow • Marilia Ramos , Social Investments Fellow • Michael Jusfu Thompson, MPH , Health Program Fellow

✨ Webinar opportunity: The Role of Government in Regenerating Civic Infrastructure ✨ Concerned by the loneliness epidemic? Join us on 10/23 for a conversation on public policy solutions for supporting civic infrastructure and social connection at every level of government Featuring: + Sam Pressler, Connective Tissue + Anita Cozart, DC Office of Planning + Erika Poethig, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago + Kendal Smith, Office of Governor Phil Scott, State of Vermont + Alexa Bush, The Kresge Foundation Register here: https://lnkd.in/eHk7u4ve #CivicInfrastructure #Percent4Place #Infrastructure #connection Main Street America

Andre M. Perry joined the Detroit Neighborhood Forum last week to discuss his paper on Investment without Displacement. The study examines investment and outcomes in the Livernois-McNichols neighborhood of Detroit. Perry stressed the idea that to avoid displacement, investors must invest in "people before place." "You need to invest in the people committed to the neighborhood, and that is where the investment was going in Live6." Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eHTX3AHN

The monograph on the life and work of Kresge Eminent Artist Nora Chapa Mendoza, celebrated and groundbreaking painter, cultural activist and gallerist, is now available. Chapa Mendoza — the 16th artist to receive the honor in recognition of professional achievements in an art form, contributions to the cultural community and dedication to Detroit and its residents — received her monograph on Thursday at a festive event at the Mexicantown Community Development Corporation in southwest Detroit. The event featured performances by Mariachi Femenil Detroit and Milagro Compañía de Ballet Folklórico and remarks from Kresge President Rip Rapson, Kresge Arts In Detroit Deputy Director Katie Grace McGowan and Ozzie Rivera, a member of the committee that chose Chapa Mendoza as an Eminent Artist. Hard copies can be requested at no cost while supplies last. (Photos by Darrel Ellis) Learn how to order or download a copy: https://lnkd.in/eCgABb3Q