Please join Enterprise Community Partners and CDAD on Tuesday, December 8, from 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., for a webinar on eviction prevention during Covid-19.

On Friday, December 11 from 9:30 - 10:30 am, small business owners are invited to join the Downtown Detroit BIZ, the City of Detroit, Detroit Means Business, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) for a grant readiness webinar. Help spread the word to impacted restaurants, bars, gyms, hotels, conference centers, etc. in your neighborhoods.

As another heightened wave of COVID-19 sweeps our nation, the Desai Sethi Foundation is launching CRP: Boost!, a prize of up to $75,000 to support nonprofits that have promising approaches to some of the challenges we are facing due to COVID-19.

Yesterday, the Michigan Strategic Fund Board authorized a $10 million grant program to help meet the urgent needs of small businesses disproportionately impacted the COVID-19 virus. The Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative will utilize federal CARES Act funding through our CDBG program to award grants of $15,000 to more than 650 small businesses across Michigan.

From impacts of the election to a larger 2021 LIHTC funding round, there is much to discuss ahead of the February 1 application deadline.

C2BE invites you to virtually join them for dinner next week on Wednesday, December 16th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm for their Community Culture Series.

Check out new updates from CEDAM

Enterprise is launching Equitable Path Forward, a new, five-year, $3.5 billion nationwide initiative – and they’re excited to announce Netflix’s $25 million commitment in this initiative.

CDAD is seeking an experienced and qualified candidate for the position of Director of Member Engagement and Special Projects.

IREX is in the process of launching a brand new fellowship on behalf of the U.S. Department of State, the Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Program, which is a year-long program designed to enable civil society leaders, ages 20-27, to harness the power of networks, relationships, and information for the public good, specifically on issues related to civic dialogue and peacebuilding, open and participatory government, women and gender, resilience and sustainable development, and youth engagement.