The Brooke
The Brooke on Bagley is a $23 million mixed-use project located in Southwest Detroit in the Hubbard/Vernor neighborhood, near the newly redeveloped historic Michigan Central Station. The project was supported through Invest Detroit’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund, a public- private-philanthropic partnership that concentrates and coordinates high volumes of investment into 10 disinvested target neighborhoods, guided by […]
The Ribbon
The Ribbon is a new mixed-use affordable housing development in Detroit’s East Warren neighborhood. The project is the largest development along the E. Warren Ave. corridor in decades and will bring $8.2m of investment, including brand-new affordable residential housing and first floor retail. The Ribbon will help catalyze the neighborhood’s revitalization efforts, directly responding […]
Marygrove Early Education Center (MEEC)
In 2015, an extensive analysis of Detroit’s early childhood education system found that only 21,000 licensed childcare slots were available to serve nearly 44,000 Detroit children aged birth to five, leaving a gap of 23,000 licensed child care slots. “The MEEC will create extraordinary opportunities for Detroit families. A child’s early years lay the foundation […]
Historic Webster School Renovation
This organization’s principals fully immersed themselves in the center of this once-forgotten and impoverished neighborhood. Before any improvement efforts were begun, they physically took up permanent residence in the heart of the area. They engaged neighbors without judgment, bias, or preconceived notions. They asked questions and actively listened to the residents about what was important […]