The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) today announced that Kenyetta Hairston-Bridges, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Economic Development and Investment Services for the DEGC, will be leaving the organization to become the new president and CEO of the Tampa Downt
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Detroit Economic Growth Corporation’s Kenyetta Hairston-Bridges to depart for new role as Tampa Downtown Partnership CEO
Christine Burkette, Director of Digitial Equity & Inclusion, named Woman of the Year in Technology
- Woman of the Year in Technology awards presented at Michigan Council of Women in Technology’s 11th Executive Connection Summit
- Burkette named Women of the Year in Technology for her work empowering women in the tech space
City of Detroit moves to ensure DMC Hospitals remain open to continue emergency and healthcare services for Detroiters
- Mayor’s request to extend DMC’s tax exemption statues through the Renaissance Zone Act (RZA) unanimously approved by City Council
- With RZA, DMC will be able to keep all hospitals open, continue emergency services and charity care serving uninsured and under
DDOT’s newest transit center, Jason Hargrove Transit Center at the State Fairgrounds, opened early Saturday morning
- Transit Center is the centerpiece of a $31 million redevelopment of the abandoned Michigan State Fairgrounds
- Former Dairy Cattle Barn is now a state-of-the-art transportation hub with first-class amenities for travelers and DDOT employees
DWSD scales up lead service line replacement to 8,000 per year, thanks to $85M in EGLE grants
- Previous pace was 700 annually; Detroit now a national leader in replacing lead service lines
- Added work creating opportunity for Detroiters as DWSD hires contractors and more city crews
- DWSD has quickly ramped up pace, now replaci
Motor City Match’s Round 26 awards help launch new businesses in 17 Detroit neighborhoods
- Nearly $1 million in grants awarded to 18 new businesses at Round 26 Awards ceremony.
- New Detroit ventures include a neighborhood grocery market, reflexology center, virtual reality center and Detroit’s first premier rage room.
- In Round 26, 83% are minorit
Mayor, partners celebrate 10,000th pathway to opportunity created through Project Clean Slate
- Program has expunged 10,000 convictions since Mayor Duggan created innovative program in 2016
- Project Clean Slate has changed thousands of Detroiters’ lives by removing barrier to opportunity that had existed for many for decades
From Vacant to Vibrant: City activates block in G/7 Strategic Neighborhood Fund area to showcase corridor’s potential
- Activation along Gratiot near East McNichols includes local vendors, community gathering space, activities and more to showcase long-term potential
- Site will be available for use throughout the summer as a community gathering spot and small business incubat
City, community groups and business partners launch recruitment drive for Motor City Makeover
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Citywide annual cleanup and beautification effort set for Saturdays in May
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Beautification efforts now include distribution of trees, along with flowers