Events

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		1 MCR Offices Closed MCR Offices Closed @ Michigan Community Resources Dec 24 2018 – Jan 2 2019 all-day Tickets Michigan Community Resources will be closed from Monday, December 24th through Wednesday, January 2nd. We will return to normal hours of operation on Thursday, January 3rd. Fenmore Street Block Club Meeting 6:00 pm Fenmore Street Block Club Meeting @ Chase Library Jan 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets The Fenmore Street Block Club meets every first Monday of the month at the Chase Library on West Seven Mile from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.	2	3	4	5 MACC Legal – Low cost legal assistance 11:00 am MACC Legal – Low cost legal assistance @ The Commons Jan 5 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets MACC Legal offers low cost legal assistance on Saturdays, in the neighborhood! Cost is a donation based on your income, as low as $5-$40. MACC Legal’s volunteer attorneys will provide specialty legal consultation—and in some … Read More
6	7	8 Healthy Food Financing Initiative Grant Info Webinar 12:00 pm Healthy Food Financing Initiative Grant Info Webinar Jan 8 @ 12:00 pm Tickets Reinvestment Fund is inviting applications for financial and technical assistance through the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) inaugural grants program. Funding for the HFFI grants program is supported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), authorized … Read More	9	10	11	12 Toiletry Pantry 10:30 am Toiletry Pantry @ Broadstreet Presbyterian Church Jan 12 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm Tickets
13	14	15	16	17 KIP:D Information Session 5:00 pm KIP:D Information Session @ Marygrove College Main Dining Hall in the Madame Cadillac Building Jan 17 @ 5:00 pm Tickets The Kresge Foundation invites community-based nonprofits across Detroit to apply for a share of $1.5 million for projects that engage residents in revitalization. The fifth annual round of Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit will award grants … Read More	18	19 MACC Legal – Low cost legal assistance 11:00 am MACC Legal – Low cost legal assistance @ The Commons Jan 19 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets MACC Legal offers low cost legal assistance on Saturdays, in the neighborhood! Cost is a donation based on your income, as low as $5-$40. MACC Legal’s volunteer attorneys will provide specialty legal consultation—and in some … Read More Volunteer with Brilliant Detroit 1:00 pm Volunteer with Brilliant Detroit @ Brilliant Detroit Jan 19 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Join Repair the World and Brilliant Detroit for an afternoon of service to celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy.
20 January Citywide SOUP 5:00 pm January Citywide SOUP @ Detroit SOUP Jan 20 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Learn about creative projects happening in Detroit. Vote on which project to fund with the money raised from the dinner. SOUP is: a collaborative situation a public dinner a platform for connection a theatrical environment … Read More	21	22 KIP:D Information Session 5:00 pm KIP:D Information Session @ TechTown Jan 22 @ 5:00 pm Tickets The Kresge Foundation invites community-based nonprofits across Detroit to apply for a share of $1.5 million for projects that engage residents in revitalization. The fifth annual round of Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit will award grants … Read More	23 KIP:D Information Session 2:00 pm KIP:D Information Session @ Gleaners Jan 23 @ 2:00 pm Tickets The Kresge Foundation invites community-based nonprofits across Detroit to apply for a share of $1.5 million for projects that engage residents in revitalization. The fifth annual round of Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit will award grants … Read More	24 KIP:D Open Office Hours 3:00 pm KIP:D Open Office Hours @ People's Community Church Jan 24 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets The Kresge Foundation invites community-based nonprofits across Detroit to apply for a share of $1.5 million for projects that engage residents in revitalization. The fifth annual round of Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit will award grants … Read More	25 Detroit Affordable Housing Conference 8:30 am Detroit Affordable Housing Conference @ Marygrove College Jan 25 @ 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Approximately 225 representatives of Southeast Michigan’s housing development, design, and finance communities are expected to attend this year’s conference. The conference is an opportunity for attendees to learn more about trends, programs and policies that … Read More	26 Community Land Trust Info Session 10:00 am Community Land Trust Info Session @ Wellness Plan Building, First Floor Cafeteria Jan 26 @ 10:00 am – 1:30 pm Tickets Presented by Eric Williams, Staff Attorney Economic Equity Practice Saturday, January 26, 2018 10 am – 1:30 pm Wellness Plan Building First Floor Cafeteria 7700 Second Ave @ Pallister Detroit, 48202 Learn about Residential CLTs from … Read More
27	28	29	30 KIP:D Open Office Hours 2:00 pm KIP:D Open Office Hours @ Mexicantown Latino Cultural Center Jan 30 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets The Kresge Foundation invites community-based nonprofits across Detroit to apply for a share of $1.5 million for projects that engage residents in revitalization. The fifth annual round of Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit will award grants … Read More	31 Mack Avenue Strong Neighborhood Plan Community Meeting #2 6:00 pm Mack Avenue Strong Neighborhood Plan Community Meeting #2 @ MACC Development Jan 31 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Come join us! MACC Development invites you to the second community meeting to introduces the Mack Avenue Strong Neighborhoods Plan. The project seeks to develop a community-led vision and set of strategies to strengthen residential … Read More

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Upcoming Events

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KIP:D Information Session @ Marygrove College Main Dining Hall in the Madame Cadillac Building

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Jan 17 @ 5:00 pm

The Kresge Foundation invites community-based nonprofits across Detroit to apply for a share of $1.5 million for projects that engage residents in revitalization.

The fifth annual round of Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit will award grants of up to $35,000 for planning and up to $150,000 for the implementation of projects that reflect resident priorities to improve the quality of life in Detroit’s neighborhoods. (Grant guidelines can be found here in English. Application instructions are here in English. Additional languages versions are linked below.)

Since 2015, the initiative has supported the creation of an agricultural greenway and other green uses, the conversion of unused second-floor commercial spaces into residences, and it has brought and community organizations together for collaborations in parks. “We created this initiative because we know community-based groups and organizations across the city share residents’ desire for a better quality of life but need resources and technical support to turn their ideas into reality,” says Wendy Lewis Jackson, Kresge Detroit Program managing director.

Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit (KIP:D) has fostered more than 70 planning and implementation projects to date. Those projects have included the renovation of vacant buildings into a variety of productive uses from laundromats and coffee houses to community art spaces and retail spaces. (Learn more about KIP:D grantees named in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.)

“The outpouring of great, transformative ideas has been continually gratifying.” Jackson says.

Kresge granted $5 million during the initial three-year pilot phase of KIP:D. Last year, the foundation recommitted to an additional three years and $6 million. The foundation is now making $1.5 million annually in KIP:D grants to organizations and providing $500,000 a year to provide grantees with technical assistance to facilitate a network of shared learning and mutual support. Kresge is partnering with Michigan Community Resources provide that support to KIP:D grantees.

As part of the outreach to potential applicants, the Kresge Detroit program has scheduled information sessions to provide more information about the application process:

Thursday, Jan. 17, at 5 p.m. Marygrove College – Main Dining Hall in the Madame Cadillac Building, 8425 W. McNichols.
Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 5 p.m. TechTown Detroit, 440 Burroughs.
Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. Gleaners Community Food Bank, 2131 Beaufait.

Michigan Community Resources is also offering open office hours to provide individualized application assistance. Please see below for dates and times for these office hours. Please contact Amber Umscheid at aumscheid@mi-community.org or 313-949-7902 with any questions about open office hours:

Thursday, Jan. 24, from 3-7 p.m. People’s Community Church, 8601 Woodward Ave.
Wednesday, Jan. 30, from 2-6 p.m. Mexicantown Latino Cultural Center, 2835 Bagley.
Monday, Feb. 4, from 12-4 p.m. Gleaners, 2131 Beaufait.

Read KIP:D application guidelines and FAQs in English.

Read KIP:D application guidelines and FAQs in Spanish.

Read KIP:D application guidelines and FAQs in Arabic.

Read KIP:D application guidelines in Bangla. (Check back later for FAQs in Bangla.)

Read guide to applying for KIP:D in Kresge’s online FLUXX system.

Go to the online FLUXX system.

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MACC Legal – Low cost legal assistance @ The Commons

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Jan 19 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

MACC Legal offers low cost legal assistance on Saturdays, in the neighborhood! Cost is a donation based on your income, as low as $5-$40.

MACC Legal’s volunteer attorneys will provide specialty legal consultation—and in some cases, representation—in the areas of:
family,
bankruptcy,
housing,
benefits and disability law.

We are available every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month at The Commons Detroit, 7900 Mack Ave., corner of Beals.

Walk in’s are welcome, appointments are encouraged!!

Stop by, lets see if we can help!

Call for more information or an appointment, 313.732.9302, ext. 3

Volunteer with Brilliant Detroit @ Brilliant Detroit

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Jan 19 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join Repair the World and Brilliant Detroit for an afternoon of service to celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy.

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