INITIATIVES

Connect Detroit provides platforms for community change. The agency brings organizations and their people together to solve local problems and connect them with resources to realize those solutions.

As an intermediary organization, Connect Detroit often plays a backbone role. That may include staffing, providing strategic counsel, or fiduciary services.

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Culture Pass

Arts and culture access program for economically vulnerable households in Detroit, with the aim of increasing access to arts and culture experiences.

LEGACY INITIATIVES

Connect Detroit is proud to have played a role in numerous initiatives across the region. Below is a select sampling of completed initiatives, some of which continue to operate as independent entities.

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Data Driven Detroit (D3)

Data Driven Detroit (D3) Data Driven Detroit (D3) is a community initiative to expand access to shared data that can be used for neighborhood planning and fund development. The Initiative developed into an LC3 that continues access to necessary data for positive community change. Participants in Michigan Active projects Provided to Community Organizations CHANGE A LIFE TODAY Become a funding partner. CONTACT DONATE

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Food and Fitness Collaborative

The Food and Fitness Collaborative is a community initiative to expand access to healthy food and recreation opportunities in Detroit. The Collaborative expanded community garden projects and improved school-based lunch programs. It also drafted the Complete Streets regulations for Detroit.

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DLIVE

DLIVE provides social services to young adults who are hospitalized as a result of violence, and expanded trauma care for youth who are victimized in Detroit.