Speeches Announcing Live6, a new revitalization organization in Northwest Detroit Delivered Sept. 1, 2015, at a press conference on the campus of University of Detroit Mercy announcing the formation of the Live6 Alliance. Live6 will coordinate and promote the revitalization… Speeches September 1, 2015 Detroit
Speeches Detroit’s Bold Urban Future: Connecting downtown and the neighborhoods Welcome. You come to Detroit at a fascinating time, as an iconic American city is being reimagined and recalibrated. This has profound implications for other cities seeking to establish their… Speeches June 25, 2015 Detroit
Speeches The arc of community progress in post-bankruptcy Detroit On behalf of The Kresge Foundation, let me add my welcome to the many you’ve already received. I know there have been a number of those, but they reflect our… Speeches May 20, 2015 Detroit
Speeches Kresge announces recipients of grants for neighborhood projects in Detroit Good morning. I’m Rip Rapson and on behalf of the entire Kresge organization, I’d like to thank you for being with us this morning. We want to move directly into… Speeches April 1, 2015 Detroit
Reports Arts and Culture in Detroit: Central to Our Past and Our Future Kresge Foundation President and CEO Rip Rapson wrote this article on the role of arts and culture in Detroit’s revitalization for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s journal Community… Reports January 8, 2015 Arts & Culture, Detroit