Events
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Sierra Club Annual GREEN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD (GYN) Sustainability Forum
Sierra Club and Friends of the Rouge are happy to announce the kick-off to our Rain Garden's to the Rescue program at our annual GREEN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD (GYN) Sustainability Forum on Saturday, March 21st at Wayne County Community College District's downtown campus at 1001 W. Fort St., from 10 am to 2 pm; registration at […]
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SEMCOG Regional Update
In case you are not aware, SEMCOG is gathering testimonials to help advocate for continuance of CDBG funding. Proposed federal budget eliminates Community Development Block Grants The president’s budget proposal was released last week and local governments were concerned to see the proposal did not include funding for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). In SEMCOG’s […]
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Announcing the Activate Fund!
Introducing Co.act Detroit's inaugural Activate Fund! Applications are now open for two programs designed to support southeast Michigan nonprofit organizations’ capacity in two key ways: Nonprofit Fundamentals Grant Bolstering internal capacity to fulfill mission Up to 20 registered 501(c)(3)s serving Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties will receive as much as $50,000 each to support: […]
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Developers: How To Apply for the FHLBank Affordable Housing Program Grant Award
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) has reopened its Affordable Housing Program (AHP) Competitive round through April 2. Through this program, FHLBank Atlanta offers member financial institutions and their community housing partners grant awards up to $500,000 for affordable housing developments in their communities. As a member of FHLBank Atlanta, Capital Impact […]
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How to get your $1,200 Stimulus Check
The vast majority of Michigan residents are eligible to receive a stimulus check from the federal government this year. Even if you have no income, you are still eligible, but need to take action to receive your stimulus payment. This includes individuals with low or no earnings who normally don't file taxes. You could receive up to […]
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Light the City Purple for #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd #EverybodyVsRacism
The Downtown Detroit Partnership, together with Detroit Mayor Duggan, Chief James Craig and the Detroit Police Department, Councilwoman Lopez and Detroit City Council and all Detroiters, are mourning the senseless death of George Floyd. They are standing in solidarity as they light the city purple from June 4, 2020 through June 9, 2020 in tribute to his life.
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Deadline June 7: Desai Sethi Foundation Social Impact Fellowship for Venture for America
Venture For America is partnering with the Desai Sethi Foundation to launch the DSF Social Impact Fellowship for VFA to respond to some of these challenges by selecting social impact organizations to hire Fellows at a heavily subsided rate to carry out their mission.
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Deadline June 10: How is COVID-19 Impacting Your Community? The Federal Reserve Wants to Hear from You
The Federal Reserve System is committed to fielding a survey to better understand the range of challenges facing under-resourced and low-income communities as an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, every eight weeks to report on how the effects of COVID-19 are changing within communities over time. Please help them by taking this survey today.
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Virtual Exhibit and Symposium: Creating Healthy, High-Performance Building Districts
The 2030 Districts Network has established a global network of healthy, high-performance building districts and cities, uniting communities to catalyze transformation in the built environment and the role it plays in mitigating and adapting to climate change.
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Number of working Black business owners decline
Number of working black business owners falls 40 percent, far more than other groups amid coronavirus By Hannah Knowles May 25, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. EDT The number of working African American business owners in the United States plummeted more than 40 percent as the coronavirus shut down much of the economy — a far steeper drop […]