What does sustainability look like in Detroit, a city that is going through changes that some consider a renaissance? The Erb Institute talked with five people who are working to make Detroit more sustainable—in wildly divergent ways, from bees, to dirt, to real estate development, to stormwater. This is Part 5 of 5.
DETROIT, February 10, 2020 /3BL Media/ - This Valentine’s Day, FCA will join Detroit’s Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship and City Walls Detroit murals program in showing the city some love. FCA and the City will issue a global open call to artists to create murals that will comprise one of the largest municipal art installations in Detroit’s history.
Hometown hero, Marvin Skipper, had all the right moves when growing up in Detroit. A Pershing High School graduate, he earned a basketball scholarship to Eastern Michigan University. His eye was on an NBA career with hopes of providing a better life for his family and community when his hoop dreams were sunk by a heart condition.
‘Plug and Play Detroit powered by AmplifyD’ will provide streamlined access to an ecosystem of hundreds of technology startups, with an emphasis on women and minorities
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., January 2, 2020 /3BL Media/ – FCA today announced that it will join a partnership formed between Plug and Play, the largest global innovation platform for startups and corporations, and the
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., December 17, 2019 /3BL Media/ - FCA has completed the transfer of $900,000 to the City of Detroit’s Housing & Revitalization Department (HRD) — the first tranche of a $1.8 million commitment — to fund a home repair grant program for homeowners on the City’s east side.
It starts with a simple mission…. no kiddie without a Christmas. And it ends with more than 9,000 donated dolls dressed, judged and prepped for delivery as special gifts to kids throughout Detroit this holiday season.
Colleagues raised approximately $130,000 for four major Detroit-based community initiatives in 2019
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That’s where Comerica Bank finished among corporate fundraising teams for the Henry Ford Health System Game on Cancer campaign that collaborates with the Detroit Lions and Detroit Pistons.
Comerica received the honor at a special recognition event for contributors held at Ford Field Friday, Nov. 8.
17 academic and nonprofit organizations receive FCA Foundation grants focused on education and helping Detroit youth grow and thrive
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November 14, 2019 /3BL Media/ – Today, the FCA Foundation, the charitable arm of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, announced the recipients of its 2019 educational grants (totaling $1,650,000). The grantees, all of whom are focused on improving educational outcomes for Detroit-area students, provide a wide array of in-classroom, after school, summer and weekend programming.
Record number of businesses vied for $100,000 to launch Detroit's next 'big' small business
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DETROIT, September 30, 2019 /3BL Media/ – Ten of Detroit’s next big business ideas have been ‘hatched’ after being named a semifinalist in the 2019 ComericaHatch Detroit Contest. The 10 businesses are competing for $100,000 from Comerica Bank, as well as more than $200,000 in pro bono support from Hatch Detroit and its partners.
