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A step toward a safer Detroit for kids
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New efforts to document blight underway
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Greetings!
It's a busy, busy time of year. And not just because it's the holidays. It's a busy time in Detroit, where 75 three-person teams have just begun a monumental task -- to build a rich, up-to-date database of blighted properties in the city of Detroit. Numbers have been circulated in the media of how many blighted properties the city has. But the truth is, no one knows for sure. This undertaking began through a Skillman grant for $110,000 to help Data Driven Detroit partner with Loveland Technologies to create the blexting app used to document each property. Now, the federally-backed Detroit Blight Removal Task Force has backed the project in a big way. This should be a game changer for the city of Detroit and for kids who want to live in neighborhoods and walk down streets without the threats that come with vacant, abandoned buildings. Read more about it here: http://www.timetoendblight.com/
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 Schools stepping up to help battle hunger
School and youth programs across Detroit are getting creative about how they help students learn and grow when many families are dealing with food insecurity. Join the social conversation about what those solutions look like all week on Twitter using hashtag #EdMattersHere. The conversation is led by Excellent Schools Detroit and Gleaners, and will culminate with a one-hour Twitter chat on raising whole, healthy kids from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursday. Join in at twubs.com/edmattershere. |
Congratulations, Clark Park!
 | Red Wing defenseman Niklas Kronwall skates with two youth from Southwest Detroit at a clinic held Monday to celebrate news that the Red Wings and DTE Energy are making a donation to the Clark Park Coalition. The donation will pay for rink renovations and a new Zamboni machine.
Photo by Paul Engstrom/Skillman Foundation
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Upcoming events and opportunities
To our partners: Want to let our readers know about an upcoming event? Or an opportunity, like a grant deadline or training? Email the info to kjahnke@skillman.org and we'll include it here.
- Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance and ProsperUs Detroit are hosting a community cafe and holiday celebration for for aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners in the Cody Rouge neighborhood. It's happening 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Starter's Bar & Grille. Space limited Call 313-397-9280 to register.
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Detroit Parent Network and the Sigma Pi Phi/Iota Boulé have partnered to offer a new leadership development program for Detroit boys in 8th through 10th grades who aspire to have careers in the business, legal, or medical fields. The Pathway to Excellence program begins on January 29, 2010. View the program application here: http://www.detroitparentnetwork.org/
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