The Landing at Spring Lake
A ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 4th marked the grand opening of The Landing at Spring Lake, Michigan’s first Passive House-certified multifamily housing development. As a proud partner in this milestone project, coalition member IFF joined Samaritas, the project’s developer, along with Chesapeake Community Advisors, Pinnacle Construction Group, Mercantile Community Partners, the Little River Band of […]
Wrigley Center
Michigan Community Capital provided New Market Tax Credits to The Wrigley Center in Port Huron to support its renovation and expansion in 2020. Led by Larry J. Jones and developed by Wrigley Center, LLC, the project transformed a vacant, obsolete single-story building in downtown Port Huron into a vibrant mixed-use facility. The redevelopment introduced 36 […]
Temple Lofts
Built in 1917 as a church, this five-story brick building is an iconic property in Old Town Lansing. After nearly a decade of sitting vacant and blighted, Michigan Community Capital purchased the building in 2019. In 2020, construction started on the Temple building which, through adaptive re-use, was reimagined from a two-story building into a […]
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 […]
Wellspring
Founded in 1986, Wellspring is a faith-based youth development organization whose mission is to help young people in the Brightmoor/Old Redford neighborhood in Detroit develop spiritually, socially, academically, and economically. The nonprofit accomplishes this through Kumon-based tutoring, recreational and community service opportunities, a teen discipleship group, and a six-week summer employment program for teens and […]
Commongrounds Cooperative
Located in Traverse City, Commongrounds Cooperative is a 48,000-square-foot, mixed-use facility designed to help build community wealth while meeting local needs and increasing the quality of life in the region. Owned by more than 900 community members through a cooperative model, the building houses local nonprofits and for-profit businesses in the arts, food, and health […]
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 […]
Corktown Health Hazel Park Clinic
Founded in 1986 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Corktown Health today provides a full suite of medical and supportive services designed for LGBTQ+ patients to bridge health disparities among a population that continues to face significant barriers to quality, stigma-free care. Corktown Health currently serves approximately 5,000 patients each year. In April 2023, IFF […]