Lofts On Rowe
After sitting vacant for nearly 30 years, the 1892-brick building fronting a full city block on the edge of a residential neighborhood just north of Ludington’s downtown was rehabilitated into 67 residential units. Prior to the renovation, the building housed a series of manufacturing businesses including Carrom wooden games and Haskell Canoe Company, and served […]
Mott Community College Culinary Arts Institute
Looking to address high levels of unemployment and a poverty rate of 40% in Flint, MI, Mott Community College’s (MCC) Culinary Arts Institute sought to double its enrollment, thereby providing local residents much-needed career opportunities. The question they faced was, how to keep tuition affordable while raising the funding needed to build a bigger facility? […]
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 […]
Allen Neighborhood Center
Michigan Community Capital, with other mission-driven partners, supported the redevelopment and expansion of the Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) in 2020. The full project, including the new development of Allen Place apartments, redeveloped an existing, two-story building into a three-story mixed-use development consisting of affordable housing units, community-based health care services, a culinary training school, and […]