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Clean Downtown
and
2-1-1 On the Go!
Receive Major Support –
$1.69 Million MSHDA
Grant Awarded to DDP
The
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
(MSHDA)
will help ensure that the streets of downtown Detroit will continue to be
clean and inviting for residents and visitors, and that additional
disadvantaged and homeless will be helped to overcome barriers to
employment and permanent housing. The agency has awarded a
$1.69 million grant to the Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) for Clean
Downtown and
the
2-1-1 On
the Go!
homeless outreach
program. DDP expects to match the MSHDA grant with private sector
funds to sustain both programs.
“Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has been a terrific supporter
of our efforts,” said Downtown Detroit Partnership Chairman Roger S.
Penske. “The MSHDA grant is vital to the work of our partner
organizations,
Goodwill Industries of Greater
Detroit and
United Way for Southeastern Michigan,
and to the image and well-being of Detroit’s greater downtown.”
Read the news release.
Video
link: This video was
produced for the Downtown Detroit Partnership to demonstrate the
innovative work of the 2-1-1 On the Go! team in downtown
Detroit. It includes an interview with Joyce James, who
at the time was a Clean Downtown employee. She now
holds a new position with Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit.
Video link:
www.downtowndetroit.org/211
Downtown Detroit Partnership
600 Renaissance Center, Suite 1740, Detroit, MI 48243 -- 313.566.8250 -- 313.567.3474 fax
www.DowntownDetroit.org |
