Cooperatives aren’t common, but they are a way to increase business ownership. In southwest Detroit, six of them are growing and advocates hope dozens follow them.
Martina Guzmán
Posted inEmergencies and Risks (COVID-19)
COVID vaccine effort goes door-to-door in Southwest Detroit
A grassroots effort is underway in Southwest Detroit to reach Latinos still hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
COMO UNA ESTACION DE RADIO MEXICANA SE CONVIRTIó en el salvavidas de Covid en el sureste de Detroit
Reséndez, conocido por muchos como El Batman, es el carismático presentador de radio de La Explosiva 1480-AM, una estación de radio mexicana con sede en Ypsilanti que es un salvavidas para los inmigrantes nostálgicos por la música de su país.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
How a Mexican radio station became a Covid lifeline in Southwest Detroit
La Explosiva, a tiny Mexican radio station on the AM dial, has become a hub of information for Southwest Detroit’s immigrant community on COVID-19 and the vaccine.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Bilingual coworking space offers opportunity in Southwest Detroit
A co-working space has arrived in Southwest Detroit targeting the Spanish-speaking and immigrant community.
Posted inJobs & Economic Development
Latino contractors seek bigger piece of southwest Detroit’s building boom
Word-of-mouth referrals and neighborhood work can keep Spanish-speaking builders busy, but many now aim for bigger jobs. An industry-focused group is helping them make business plans and grow.
Posted in2020 Election, Civic and Community Information
How Detroit is getting out the vote — one neighborhood at a time
How block clubs and community centers in Detroit’s neighborhoods use everything at their disposal to mobilize voters and get them to the polls on Election Day.
Posted inBridgeDetroit's First 100 Days, Civic and Community Information
Detroit women filling a niche in the grocery supply chain
How Latinas in Southwest Detroit turned their part-time hustle of delivering groceries in their community into a full-time job.
Posted inUncategorized
Opinion | Local news in Detroit: race, distrust and disconnection
This fall, reporter Louis Aguilar of The Detroit News plainly laid out how promises of robust development around Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit have largely been broken. He wrote that despite a pact made with the city to revitalize the area, 147 properties around the venue remain idle, in the hands of a single […]