What Detroit can teach us all

Retired public employees and artwork: two civic assets rarely thought of in the same breath. But in Detroit – and, indeed, in countless cities across the country – the duo…

Cross-sector collaboration is vital to economic development

Community and economic development presents a constellation of challenges so intertwined and complex that it will be the increasingly rare circumstance in which these challenges can be resolved through neat…

Detroit is on track for a positive future

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…

Time to return to the business of rebuilding Detroit

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…

Philanthropy’s role in Detroit’s emergence from bankruptcy