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Rendering of a portion of the Fantazma Market and Cafe.
(Photo: Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation) A Detroit nonprofit is hoping to give a leg up to hundreds of small business owners and vendors, the majority of them Black or people of color, with new outdoor marketplaces in rapidly developing Corktown. The Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation says two coming markets at and near its headquarters on Trumbull south of Bagley will create room for 220 vendors and businesses. Up to 75 percent will be minority-run. The Fantazma Market & Cafe, an outdoor market on the nonprofit s grounds, will include a so-called ghost diner that can be utilized by chefs and restaurants, plus space for small businesses and vendors like independent clothing lines and artists, Model D reports. That will initially operate Monday through Friday, while a separate Porter Street Market will run on Friday nights at the Dean Savage Memorial Park across the street.
Detroit nonprofits 24 of them are receiving grants from a pool of $11 million, thanks to a program that has taken on two additional foundations this year.
The pool, which is an increase from the fund s previous $2.7 million, is especially important because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Distributed by Enterprise Community Partners, the pool grew after two foundations and other donors came together to be a support system for those in need.
One recipient, the nonprofit Woodbridge Neighborhood Development, used the money to add two new staff members that will work on community programs and organizing, like home renovations and recreation and parks programming.
Kresge Foundation commits $2M to Detroit s COVID-19 vaccination effort
Detroit The Kresge Foundation is committing $2 million to bolster access to COVID-19 vaccines and support services in Detroit.
The foundation said Thursday it will direct half of the funding toward health equity efforts in Detroit through community health centers, neighborhood development groups and human service agencies. Kresge has committed the other $1 million to grants to support various organizations with vaccination efforts. Those will be awarded in the coming weeks.
“COVID-19 is not over, especially in Black and Brown communities, Wendy Lewis Jackson, managing director of the Kresge Foundation’s Detroit Program, said in a news release. Community organizations are telling us that there’s more to be done to get out the word in neighborhoods that vaccines are readily available, safe and save lives, and to help connect residents to them.
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