News & Views $7.5 million BUILD Health Challenge aims to bolster community health and health equity November 12, 2014 Partnerships of hospitals, local health departments and nonprofit community organizations eligible for funding. Hospitals, public health and nonprofit and community organizations are invited to take part in a national competitive award program aimed at improving community health and promoting health equity. The BUILD Health Challenge will support communities that are…
Resource Detroit is on track for a positive future November 12, 2014 With U.S. Judge Steven Rhodes’ acceptance of the stakeholder-approved plan of adjustment, the Detroit community will be the subject of every manner of intellectual, legal, political and social discussion over the coming weeks. And we should welcome that. We have spent a year in profound struggle. About the legitimacy of nonelected…
Resource Time to return to the business of rebuilding Detroit November 7, 2014 Kresge Foundation President Rip Rapson discusses the resolution of Detroit’s municipal bankruptcy case and looks ahead to the work of philanthopy and other sectors in revitalizing the city and its neighborhoods.
News & Views Time to return to the business of rebuilding, says Kresge CEO as Detroit bankruptcy ends November 7, 2014 At the conclusion of Detroit’s bankruptcy, Rip Rapson issues a statement in behalf of the foundation’s trustees and staff. The whole world should be looking at Detroit and the state of Michigan right now, witnessing one of the great demonstrations in this new century of community resilience, pride and hope.…
News & Views 2014 Eminent Artist Bill Rauhauser celebrated in monograph October 3, 2014 Publication surveys life and work of photographer who chronicled streets of Detroit. Kresge President Rip Rapson on Thursday presented the foundation’s 2014 Eminent Artist with a commemorative monograph celebrating his life and work. Bill Rauhauser, an iconic Detroit photographer and educator, received the monograph at the Virgil Carr Center, in…
Resource Bill Rauhauser: 2014 Kresge Eminent Artist October 2, 2014 A monograph on the life and work of Bill Rauhauser, dean of Detroit’s street photographers, educator and the 2014 Kresge Eminent Artist (PDF). Prepared and published by The Kresge Foundation (2014). Also: A video highlighting his career
News & Views Rip Rapson speech details lessons learned from Detroit’s M-1 Light Rail success September 24, 2014 Rail~Volution address details principles for integrating transit in American communities Kresge CEO Rip Rapson discussed the challenges and opportunities facing municipal transit in a recent address at the Rail-Volution conference in Minneapolis. Speaking to a crowd of urban planners, transit and economic development professionals, city and other officials in September,…
Resource How did Detroit and light-rail transit appear in the same sentence? A case study and some implications September 23, 2014 Detroit’s grand adventure in creating a light-rail system gives rise to a set of principles that speaks to the kind of transit our country will need to accommodate changing demographics, growing economic uncertainties and shifting forms of urbanization. (Address to the Rail~Volution annual conference, in Minneapolis.)
Resource Detroit: The sharp edge of innovation September 19, 2014 Detroit is in the midst of profound change – working at the sharp edge of innovation because its very survival depends on it. And The Kresge Foundation, whose deep roots in the city go back 90 years, is using a very different kind of thinking to help the city re-imagine…