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

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

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

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

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 ...

What’s happening: Business owners in three “micro-districts” along and near the Gratiot Avenue corridor are invited to begin applying for more than $600,000 in facade-improvement grants as part of the ...

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.

Childcare is not a family issue, but a workforce issue. Members of the MI CDFI Coalition showcase how investing in quality, affordable childcare and early childhood education positively impacts the ...

Cody Ley, a past CEDAM real estate development boot camp participant, is passionate about creating affordable, sustainable housing using hempcrete — a resilient, energy-efficient material. Through his ...

Why face-to-face networking opportunities are even more important for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

This story by Malachi Barrett originally appeared in Bridge Michigan. Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield invited residents to the historic Marygrove Conservancy campus on a snowy Monday night. In the ...

Block by Block is a solutions journalism series that is supported by IFF, CEDAM and Invest Detroit, and is focused on community development leaders and initiatives in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. When ...