FoodLab Detroit: Supporting Food Entrepreneurs
Supporting a Healthy Food System A diet rich in healthy foods is essential to good health — that may be as close to a universal truth as there is. We...
Nov 11th 2016
New Economy Initiative Releases Report on $2.9 Billion Economic Impact
On September 14, the New Economy Initiative (NEI) released a report of its cumulative impact at an event attended by NEI funders, grantees and stakeholders in Detroit. NEI is the...
Nov 11th 2016
Introducing Michigan Youth to Entrepreneurship
New Economy Initiative, in partnership with the C.S. Mott Foundation, has launched a youth project to explore and pilot ways to introduce youth to the existing entrepreneurial ecosystem and strengthen...
Dec 27th 2018
In General
New Economy Initiative
Regional Economic Vitality A strong economy is vital to every successful community. We are becoming a destination for many newcomers including entrepreneurs, immigrants, and millennials. The Community Foundation’s focus on...
Jul 9th 2017
Southwest Solutions
Regional Economic Vitality A strong economy is vital to every successful community. We are becoming a destination for many newcomers including entrepreneurs, immigrants, and millennials. The Community Foundation’s focus on...
Jul 9th 2017
2018 NEIdeas Winners Announced
New Economy Initiative Awards $260K to Small Businesses Across Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park – NEIdeas Program has Awarded $2.16M to 144 Businesses since 2014 In its fifth year, the...
Nov 7th 2018
In Press Release
Hacker Fellows connect tech developers with startups in need
Regional Economic Vitality A strong economy is vital to every successful community. We are becoming a destination for many newcomers including entrepreneurs, immigrants, and millennials. The Community Foundation’s focus on...
Jul 9th 2017
Yearbook 2017: Regional Economic Vitality
In our 2017 Yearbook we highlight three stories about our focus on regional economic vitality. A strong economy is vital to every successful community. We are becoming a destination for...
Jul 10th 2017
Detroit Innovation Fellowship
The New Economy Initiative is launching a new talent development program, the Detroit Innovation Fellowship (DIF), that is designed to promote and invest in social entrepreneurs and innovators who are...
Jul 26th 2018
In General
Building High-Tech Careers
Support from the Community Foundation helped Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn and the University of Michigan’s Lurie Nanofabrication Facility in Ann Arbor create the first-of-its-kind nanotechnology and microsystems technician training and...
Jul 14th 2014