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Giving Tuesday might have been last Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop being charitable this season. On Thursday, December 7 the east side diner Rose’s Fine Food will be hosting a soup dinner benefiting the free charter school Detroit Prep. https://youtu.be/ehIjue-Ht0o The school is currently trying to raise $1 million to purchase and renovate an abandoned …
[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/dailydetroithappyhour/DD-17-Happy_hour_Elling_mixdown.mp3" social_gplus="false" social_linkedin="true" social_email="true" twitter_username="TheDailyDetroit" ] One of the most interesting stories in Detroit is that of the lower east side of the city. It's more than 18 square miles, encompassing Lafayette Park, through …
Detroit has a long history of misfits, creatives, gadflies, rabble rousers, and people who are wonderfully outside of the social "norm." One of the many places in the city that was defined by the people in it was the "Goat Yard," a small boat yard on the east side of the city over by the foot of St. Jean. It was maybe the last hippie boat yard, the Detroit Boat Works. For …
The Social Innovation Fund (SIF) has awarded an $11.3 million grant to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). LISC, a national community development nonprofit, will use the grant to grow a successful program that offers job training and financial coaching to those in poverty. The program, “Bridges to Career Opportunities” was piloted in Chicago and …
