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The Art of Neighborhood Innovation recapped
Walter Wasacz
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Artists skilled at community and business development were our panelists at this standing room only event at one of MOCAD's largest galleries. Just for you, Cass Corridor Films and Walter Wasacz were there to report it all.
Arts & Culture
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Community Engagement
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Design
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Development
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Health & Wellness
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Parks & Greenspace
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Placemaking
Midtown
We declare it: 2013 in Detroit year of civic engagement
Bradford Frost
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Declare Detroit's Brad Frost gets inspired by the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. and calls for a year of action in the city. It begins with circling dates for 2013 elections. We can definitely get on with that idea.
Community Engagement
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Public Policy
Detroit
Urban Exchange: Trading Ideas with Toronto
Claire Nelson
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Model D's Claire Nelson and Hopscotch Detroit social innovator Ajooni Sethi go north to share the power of play as a tool for civic engagement with our Canadian comrades at Yonge St. Sounds like some serious fun was had in the Queen City.
Arts & Culture
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Community Engagement
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Design
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Leadership
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Multiculturalism
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Outdoor Recreation
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Placemaking
Detroit
Poor but sexy: REVOLVE aims to re-imagine vacant storefronts and rebuild neighborhood retail
Michael Forsyth
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Michael Forsyth, Business Development Manager of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, heads up the DEGC's recently-launched
REVOLVE
program. REVOLVE works with growing neighborhoods, aspiring entrepreneurs, and building owners in need of tenants to address Detroit's threefold issue of neighborhood needs, excessive storefront vacancies, and lack of retail density head-on via pop-up. Here he shares with UIX Detroit the short- and long-term visions for REVOLVE.
Community Engagement
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Development
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Entrepreneurship
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Leadership
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Placemaking
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Research & Innovation
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Sustainability
Detroit
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The Villages
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Lafayette Park
Making the Pivot from DIY to Do It Together
Vince Keenan
Friday, October 26, 2012
Do-it-yourself Detroit is on borrowed time. Working around the democratically elected government of the city isn’t a long term strategy. One day soon we’ll have to figure out how to address the future of this city that stretches out beyond the horizon of our lifetimes, past the excitement of this burst of energy, past the frustration and decline that has plagued Detroit for 50 years.
Community Engagement
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Public Policy
Detroit
Model D TV: Innovation in education speaker series recapped
Walter Wasacz & Tony Eggert
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Students, teachers, administrators, and Model D partners from foundations and media jammed into Youthville for our speaker series on innovation in education. Walter Wasacz took the notes, Tony Eggert and Marvin Shaouni the pictures.
Community Engagement
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Education
New Center
Getting Smarter: Innovators gather for learning exchange at D:hive
Claire Nelson
Friday, July 13, 2012
The "hive" was buzzing with ambitious doers leading everything from youth programs to community art projects to startup businesses and micro-lending programs. They came to learn about urban innovation in Detroit, and they left with some new strategies for leadership and social entrepreneurship from special guest Christopher Gergen.
Check out our recap & video
.
Community Engagement
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Education
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Entrepreneurship
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Leadership
Detroit
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Downtown Detroit
Innovation in Action: Allied Media Projects
Matthew Piper, Model D
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Working out of the Furniture Factory in the Cass Corridor, Allied Media Projects is all about innovation, interaction and collaboration. Matthew Piper takes us behind the scenes.
Community Engagement
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Design
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Education
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Leadership
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Technology
Detroit
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Midtown
Let's Get Innovative: How Can Detroit Do More with Less?
Rachel Klegon
Thursday, May 24, 2012
As demands on the world’s non-renewable and limited resources increase, how can Detroit be a lead innovator in the practice of doing more with less? Rachel Klegon, Executive Director of
Green Living Science
, shares her thinking on how we can all contribute to being a more efficient and effective community. Read
here
, then join the
conversation
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Community Engagement
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Leadership
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Rehab/Renovation
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Sustainability
Detroit
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New Center
It's OK to FAIL: How can we celebrate failure as part of innovation?
Ned Staebler
Friday, May 11, 2012
You’re going to fail...and that's great! If you're out there innovating and DOING things - trying to add value, generate opportunity, hire employees, build communities, develop talent, create wealth or start something new to move Detroit forward - you're not going to succeed every time. So how do we turn failure into a badge of honor rather than a mark of shame?
Community Engagement
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Crowdsourcing
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Entrepreneurship
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Leadership
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Research & Innovation
Detroit
Call for Ideas: Innovative ways to fund small-scale community projects?
Tunde Wey
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Detroit has very active foundations and corporations that invest millions of dollars in our community. Usually these funds are directed toward larger, established civic institutions and non-profit organizations with a demonstrated record of impact and success. But what if you have a new, untested idea to address a neighborhood need? How can we create more funding opportunities for smaller-scale but potentially transformative community projects?
Arts & Culture
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Community Engagement
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Crowdsourcing
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Entrepreneurship
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Leadership
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Microfunding
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Parks & Greenspace
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Philanthropy
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Placemaking
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Rehab/Renovation
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Sustainability
Detroit
Let's Get Innovative: Tactical Urbanism?
Claire Nelson
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Who doesn't love a "design on a dime" makeover show? You know the ones, where a homeowner is given an impossible budget and deadline to totally transform a space, then through sheer creativity and resourcefulness (and maybe some clever editing), the place comes to life - huzzah! Well, the same is possible with public spaces. Urban designer-types call this "tactical urbanism." What they really mean is activating places quickly & cheaply. How can we do more of this in Detroit?
Arts & Culture
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Community Engagement
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Design
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Outdoor Recreation
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Parks & Greenspace
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Placemaking
Detroit
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